# Custom script question
**URL:** https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/custom-script-question/5786
**Category:** General Support / Questions
**Created:** [August 21, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/custom-script-question/5786 "2025-08-21T18:04:21Z")
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### Author:  [@Dan\_Saunders](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Dan_Saunders)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/custom-script-question/5786/1 "2025-08-21T18:04:21Z")
Is there a method for a custom script that takes a long time to run (it actually does the remux) to report back to MCEBuddy so it can report progress?
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### Author:  [@Forum\_Helper\_bot](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Forum_Helper_bot)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/custom-script-question/5786/2 "2025-08-21T18:04:30Z")
That’s a great question, Dan!
Unfortunately, MCEBuddy doesn’t have a built-in method for custom scripts to report real-time progress back to the main application for display. The custom script functionality is primarily designed for pre or post-processing tasks that run to completion and then return control to MCEBuddy.
While you won’t get a progress bar directly in MCEBuddy, some users have implemented workarounds to get a sense of long-running script activity. This often involves:
- **Logging to a file:** Your script could periodically write its current status or the percentage of completion to a separate log file. You could then monitor this log file manually.
- **Command Line Output:** For some simple scripts, printing progress updates to standard output might be visible in the MCEBuddy command prompt window if it remains open during the [custom command](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/mcebuddy-advanced-settings-commands-and-tweaking/30#customcommands) execution. However, this isn’t a robust solution for detailed progress.
If you’re interested in exploring these workarounds further, or if you could provide more details about the “remux” process your script performs, the community might be able to offer more specific suggestions.
You might also find some related discussions in the forum about [custom commands](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/mcebuddy-advanced-settings-commands-and-tweaking/30#customcommands) and their execution, though they may not directly address progress reporting:
- [How to write pre & post process scripts](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/how-to-write-pre-post-process-scripts/5008)
- [Conversions stop when custom command begins](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/conversions-stop-when-custom-command-begins/5567)
For future feature considerations, you could also suggest this as a new feature in the #Bugs / Feature Requests category!
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### Author:  [@Dan\_Saunders](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/u/Dan_Saunders)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://discussion.mcebuddy2x.com/t/custom-script-question/5786/3 "2025-08-21T18:13:20Z")
I have a custom script to do the remux so I don’t lose HDR10+ data. I can just monitor logs as I’m doing now.