Preventing a child process (HandbrakeCLI) from causing the parent script to exit

Question

I have a batch conversion script to turn .mkvs of various dimensions into ipod/iphone sized .mp4s, cropping/scaling to suit. Determining the original dimensions, required cr

Answer 1

Now resolved, thanks to a clue from this other thread. I now echo nothing into HandbrakeCLI to ensure it's not using the same stdin as my script:

find . -name "*.mkv" | while read FILE
do
    echo "" | handbrake-touch "$FILE"

    if [ $? != 0 ]
    then
        echo "$FILE had problems" >> errors.log  
    fi
done

...and it works as intended/expected.