Thread: There was an error creating the child process for this terminal

i'm hoping bash here. keep getting: "there error creating child process terminal."

here's background. have stack of dv tapes full of home video transferring. want convert them mpeg permanent storage on hard drive. wrote following script:

code:

#! /bin/bash  mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd:tsaf -vf scale=720:480,harddup,yadif -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=5000:keyint=18:vstrict=0:acodec=ac3:abitrate=192:aspect=4/3 -ofps 30000/1001 -o "${1%.*}.mpeg" "$1"

i put in /user/local/bin , can run on .dv file right click. however, cannot see progress or output , can run on 1 file @ time. wrote script calls first:

code:

#! /bin/bash  var in "$@"     gnome-terminal -e "dvd2dvdmpeg.sh '$var'" done

i thought allow me see process (by running in terminal window) , allow me right click multiple .dv files , convert them all. however, gives me "there error creating child process terminal"

know how fix this? or perhaps better way done?

gnome-terminal goes background default. guess there processes called in parallel eat ram.

try running them 1 @ time (just call directly script inside stament).

thought.
regards.

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