Pete Nesbitt wrote: > On Sun, 07 Dec 2008 08:31:15 +0100 Oliver Seitz <infot vtnd.de> wrote: > >> Am 07.12.2008, 02:54 Uhr,chrieb Pete Nesbitt <pete at linux1.ca>: >>> As wild guess I would say that mplayer is not aware it is >>> pausedt the process level (related to being in a bg'd >>> while-loop??),o when it is resumed it tries to catch up to >>> wherehe system clock or some timer says it should be. I'm >>>hinking I need to tell it not to sync to the real time, but just >>> carry on. >>> >>> Doesnyone have any ideas what causes this and how I can prevent >>> it? >> >> Hiete, >> >> haveou tried slave mode to tell mplayer nicely to pause playing >> instead of pullinghe emergency brake and releasing it again? > > Hi Kiste, > Iried adding it into the mplayer script line, but no change. My > problem ishat mplayer is not running in a shell where I can send it >ignals or commands/keystrokes. Didou try redirecting stdin from a FIFO (instead of from /dev/null), andhen writing slave-mode commands to that FIFO? -- The Wanderer Warning: Simply because Irgue an issue does not mean I agree with any side of it. Secrecy ishe beginning of tyranny.