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Pete Nesbitt wrote:
> On Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:29:41 -0800
>ete Nesbitt <pete at linux1.ca> wrote:
>> <snip>
>> I have it
>> functioningt the cli but when I start the player (with the same cmd)
>> from withinhe script, a write to the fifo file just hangs and does
>> noteturn. This happens writting to it via script or at cli. Strange.
>>
>> I'msing this in both cli and script, with $TRACK being the path to
>>he flac audio file.
>>
>> mplayer -slave -input file=/data/cm_temp/mplayer_cmds_fifo -quiet
>> ${TRACK} &> /dev/null
>>
>>cho pause > /data/cm_temp/mplayer_cmds_fifo
>>
>> Anyway, Ieally like the FIFO idea, and will work on finding why the
>>cript-started mplayer is not letting anything write to the fifo.
>>
>
> I fixedhe hanging/non-return issue, I can tail the fifo file and it is
> being written but not being pickedp by mplayer.
>
> It does noteem to matter what I send mplayers stdout/err to (null or
>he pipe).
>
> So little progress anyway. Could the backgrounded while-loop that
> mplayeruns in be involved? It does not seem likely, player should
>till see the pipe/file.
>
> This ishe guts of the loop, I need to send output somewhere to get
> control back when I bg it,o I think the 'done' line need to stay as
> is.
>
> while ....
> do
> ...
> ${MPLAYER} -slave -input file=/data/cm_temp/mplayer_cmds_fifo \
> -quiet ${TRACK} &> /dev/null
> ...
> done < ${PLAY_LIST} &> /dev/null &
>
> -Pete
Trydding -nocache to the mplayer command and see if that helps with
mplayer findinghe end of file better.
Kevin
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