Have you tried directing mplayer's output to a file which is a fifo? I'm no expert on fifos by any means, but this sounds like the classic application of named pipes. Gregory Nowak writes: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all. > > I've been reading mplayer's documentation, and can't find what I'm > looking for, so I hope that someone here may know the answer. Yes, > yes, I know there are mplayer-specific lists. > > What I want to do is play a video file, passing the audio through the > null module, and passing the video to stdout, to be used by another > program in a pipe. > > Invoking mplayer with the vertical bar is in "mplayer ... | program2 > ..." doesn't work, and using the grater than symbol doesn't work > either as in > "mplayer ... -vo yuv4mpeg:file=> ... " > > Thanks in advance for any help. > > Greg > > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFC1JFt7s9z/XlyUyARAtRUAJ9/CZWAb1YToa/6qiqOUv3r6IPXHgCeNJgy > PkWVvXkQIrWgFufbjLIRqpg= > =OzlE > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org
