Can't you just put a chmod in the script? On Wed, 18 Jul 2012, Smith, Craig A wrote: > > Fellow LUG’ers, > > > > I have a simple perl script (below) used to assemble MnDOT traffic animation > s, long-term weather patterns, security camera images, etc. It’s worked wel > l for over 8 years running on different hardware and various linux distros. > > > > > Calls to ffmpeg create png files with normal 644 permissions, but mpeg files > now get created with 600 (–rw --- ----). It didn’t use to work that way w > hen mpeg2encode was used. I have this issue on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ser > ver release 5.8 (Tikanga) and a two year old Debian install. > > > > Why the change? How can I restore the earlier behavior? Setting umask to 0 > 22 within the script doesn’t work, but I can chmod files at the end. > > > > I’m serving the mpegs from Apache and viewing with a browser plug in > (QuickTime). They now appear “sticky” and “jerky.” Older mpegs, created > with the previous system, playback fine so the problem is not with Apache, > browser, or plug-in. Newly created files are also much smaller (1.3M) > compared to before (11M) , so I suspect the authors also chose a lower mpeg > quality setting. > > > > Is there an mpeg quality setting available in Image::Magick? > > > > Here’s my script. > > > > #! /usr/bin/perl > > # @(#) animate.pl - Craig A. Smith 2003-10-17 > > # Reads a series of images and writes an animation > > > > # doesn't work: umask(022); > > > > $sourcedir="/var/www/doggiecam/cam21"; > > $cameraname="back"; > > $outputdir="/var/www/doggiecam/animations"; > > > > use Image::Magick; > > > > #### delete jpegs after 2 days > > ## find truncates fractions of 24 hrs periods, so +1 only matches after 2 > days > > system (rm -f `find $sourcedir -mtime +1 `); > > > > $date = `date -I`; > > chomp $date; > > my($image, $x); > > $image = Image::Magick->new; > > > > #### get all jpg files > > $x = $image->Read("$sourcedir/*.jpg"); > > warn "$x" if "$x"; > > > > ##### Write mpeg > > # #$x = $image->Resize(geometry=>'600x600'); > > $x = $image->Write("$outputdir/$date.$cameraname.mpeg"); > > warn "$x" if "$x"; > > > > > > ################################################################## > > # Example from www.imagemagick.org/www/perl.html#exam (no longer found) > > # reads three images, crops them, and writes a GIF animation sequence > > # > > # use Image::Magick; > > # my($image, $x); > > # $image = Image::Magick->new; > > # $x = $image->Read('girl.png', 'logo.png', 'rose.png'); > > # warn "$x" if "$x"; > > # $x = $image->Crop(geometry=>'100x100"+100"+100'); > > # warn "$x" if "$x"; > > # $x = $image->Write('x.png'); > > # warn "$x" if "$x"; > > ################################################################## > > > > > > > -Yaron --