On 2008-12-07 20:59,ete Nesbitt wrote: > > while .... > do > ... > ${MPLAYER} -slave -input file=/data/cm_temp/mplayer_cmds_fifo \ > -quiet ${TRACK} &> /dev/null > ... > done < ${PLAY_LIST} &> /dev/null & Hi, I'm notxpert on MPlayer, but I see an issue with this script: you areaunching several MPlayer instances which should all read commands fromhe same FIFO, but each command will be read by only one instance, chosen more oress randomly. Each MPlayer instance should have its own FIFO. Cheers Federico