diff -U 3 -H -d -r -N -- recorditnow-0.8.1/src/plugins/recorder/ffmpegrecorder/ffmpegrecorder.cpp recorditnow-0.8.1-0ubuntu1-alex1/src/plugins/recorder/ffmpegrecorder/ffmpegrecorder.cpp
--- recorditnow-0.8.1/src/plugins/recorder/ffmpegrecorder/ffmpegrecorder.cpp	2010-03-04 17:39:20.000000000 +0100
+++ recorditnow-0.8.1-0ubuntu1-alex1/src/plugins/recorder/ffmpegrecorder/ffmpegrecorder.cpp	2011-11-10 00:49:29.167932339 +0100
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 
     m_recorder = 0;
     m_paused = false;
+    m_forcestop = false;
 
 }
 
@@ -188,8 +189,9 @@
 void FfmpegRecorder::stop()
 {
     if (m_recorder) {
-        m_recorder->write("q\n");
+        kill(m_recorder->pid(), SIGTERM);
         m_paused = false;
+	m_forcestop = true;
     }
 
 }
@@ -312,10 +314,13 @@
     const KProcess::ExitStatus status = m_recorder->exitStatus();
     kDebug() << "status:" << status << "ret:" << ret;
 
-    if (status == KProcess::CrashExit || ret != 0) {
-        clean();
-        emit finished(Crash);
-        return;
+    
+    if (!m_forcestop) {
+	if (status == KProcess::CrashExit || ret != 0) {
+	    clean();
+	    emit finished(Crash);
+	    return;
+	}
     }
 
     QFile outputFile(m_data.outputFile);
diff -U 3 -H -d -r -N -- recorditnow-0.8.1/src/plugins/recorder/ffmpegrecorder/ffmpegrecorder.h recorditnow-0.8.1-0ubuntu1-alex1/src/plugins/recorder/ffmpegrecorder/ffmpegrecorder.h
--- recorditnow-0.8.1/src/plugins/recorder/ffmpegrecorder/ffmpegrecorder.h	2010-03-04 17:39:20.000000000 +0100
+++ recorditnow-0.8.1-0ubuntu1-alex1/src/plugins/recorder/ffmpegrecorder/ffmpegrecorder.h	2011-11-10 00:50:10.291932334 +0100
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     AbstractRecorder::Data m_data;
     QString m_tmpFile;
     bool m_paused;
+    bool m_forcestop;
     QString m_removeId;
     QString m_moveId;