[FFmpeg-user] Force ffmpeg non-interactive mode

[anonymous guy]

Hello,

When doing testing with ffmpeg, I build examples of code in a wiki and
I paste it into my linux+bash commandline.

ffmpeg gives the "q to quit" prompt, so it looks like it's
interactive.  This means that I cannot paste a block of code which
includes anything after an ffmpeg statement.

Because I want to selectively pull a chunk of code from my script, and
not re-run the whole thing every time, I'd like to force ffmpeg into
non-interactive mode.

So far, I have found no way to do that listed in the man page or
documentation.  I also tried searching the mailing list archives for
some hints, and came up dry:
http://www.google.ca/search?q=non-interactive+site:http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/ffmpeg-user/&hl=en&filter=0


Is there a way to force non-interactive mode?

Is there some other bash or linux trick which I could try?


As an aside, I'm confused about the q to quit thing.  ^c is the
standard and it does work for me.  Is there a technical reason that
this alternate abort method was provided, or is it simply for
user-friendliness?


Reference thread:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/pasting-a-block-of-commands-handling-delayed-programs-ffmpeg-714742/