diff --git a/src/tivomirror/tivomirror b/src/tivomirror/tivomirror
index 8e066cc..98469b2 100755
--- a/src/tivomirror/tivomirror
+++ b/src/tivomirror/tivomirror
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
-# $Schlepperbande: src/tivomirror/tivomirror,v 1.34 2010/08/07 13:40:31 stb Exp $
+# $Schlepperbande: src/tivomirror/tivomirror,v 1.35 2010/08/07 13:42:24 stb Exp $
 #
 # Stefans Script, um die Sendungen vom Tivo runterzuladen und in MPEG4
 # zu transkodieren.
@@ -99,6 +99,34 @@ def getAvail(dir):
 	s = os.statvfs(dir)
 	return s.f_bsize * s.f_bavail
 
+
+def quit_process(pid):	
+	try:
+		os.kill(pid, signal.SIGQUIT)
+	except OSError:
+		pass
+
+
+def waitForProcs(pids):
+	success = True
+	while len(pids) > 0:
+		(spid, sse) = os.wait()
+		pids.remove(spid)
+		if os.WIFSIGNALED(sse) \
+				or (os.WIFEXITED(sse) and os.WEXITSTATUS(sse) != 0):
+			if os.WIFSIGNALED(sse):
+				print "--- process %d was terminated by signal %d" % (spid, os.WTERMSIG(sse))
+			elif os.WIFEXITED(sse):
+				print "--- process %d exited with code %d" % (spid, os.WEXITSTATUS(sse))
+			else:
+				print "--- process %d terminated unsuccessfully" % spid
+			success = False
+			for pid in pids:
+				quit_process(pid)
+	if not success:
+		raise TivoException("error executing processes")
+
+
 def transcode(file, src, passno, ar):
 	print "--- transcoding pass %d" % passno
 	try:
@@ -144,30 +172,6 @@ def transcode(file, src, passno, ar):
 	subprocess.check_call(transcode_opts)
 
 
-def checkProcessError(curl, decode):
-	(spid, sse) = os.wait()
-	if not os.WIFSIGNALED(sse) \
-			and os.WIFEXITED(sse) and os.WEXITSTATUS(sse) == 0:
-		return False
-	if spid == curl.pid:
-		proc = "curl"
-	elif spid == decode.pid:
-		proc = "tivodecode"
-	if os.WIFSIGNALED(sse):
-		cause = "exited with signal %d" % os.WTERMSIG(sse)
-	else:
-		cause = "exited with code %d" % os.WEXITSTATUS(sse)
-	proc = "another"
-	print "--- %s %s" % (proc, cause)
-	return True
-
-
-def quit_process(pid):	
-	try:
-		os.kill(pid, signal.SIGQUIT)
-	except OSError:
-		pass
-
 def download(file, url, mak, target):
 	print "--- dowloading \"%s\"" % (url)
 	p_curl = subprocess.Popen(["curl", "--anyauth", "--fail", \
@@ -177,16 +181,20 @@ def download(file, url, mak, target):
 		stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
 	p_decode = subprocess.Popen(["tivodecode", "--mak", mak, \
 		"--out", target, "-"], stdin=p_curl.stdout)
-	if checkProcessError(p_curl, p_decode) or checkProcessError(p_curl, p_decode):
-		quit_process(p_curl.pid)
-		quit_process(p_decode.pid.pid)
-		os.remove(target)
-		raise TivoException("error downloading/decoding file")
+	try:
+		waitForProcs([p_curl.pid, p_decode.pid])
+	except Exception, e:
+		try:
+			os.remove(target)
+		except OSError:
+			pass
+		raise e
 	if os.path.getsize(target) < 1024:
 		print "error transcoding file: too small"
 		os.remove(target)
 		raise TivoException("downloaded file is too small")
 
+
 def download_decode(file, url, mak, ar):
 	#target = tmpmp2
 	target = "%s.mpg" % file
@@ -206,11 +214,13 @@ def download_decode(file, url, mak, ar):
 	os.remove(tmpmp2)
 	os.remove(tmpmp4)
 
+
 def savetoc(toc):
 	fd=open("toc.xml", "w")
 	fd.write(toc)
 	fd.close()
 
+
 curdir = os.getcwd()
 os.chdir(tmp)
 avail = getAvail(targetdir)
@@ -218,6 +228,7 @@ if avail < minfree:
 	print "%s: %.1fG available, at least %.1fG needed, stopping" % \
 		(targetdir, avail / gig, minfree / gig)
 	sys.exit(1)
+
 downloaddb = anydbm.open(curdir + "/tivo/.downloads", "c")
 print "*** Getting listing"
 toc = gettoc()