# FFmpeg update or response?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ffmpeg-update-or-response/304185>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [February 2, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ffmpeg-update-or-response/304185 "2010-02-02T22:54:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![dColumbus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@dColumbus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dColumbus)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ffmpeg-update-or-response/304185/1 "2010-02-02T22:54:48Z")

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I’m trying to figure out how I’m going to find out that a video has completed converting. I’ve read that there’s a possibility that you can output _something_ to a .txt file and read the last lines… but is there a way to execute a server-side script once the conversation has completed? How is this normally done?

I don’t know why this is so elusive. Thanks for your help.