Start mplayer with the command line options -slave and -idle. You can use many commands in slave mode, including pause. Here is a list of commands: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/slave.txt -----Original Message----- From: mplayer-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mplayer-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jayalakshmi Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 9:09 PM To: mplayer-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [MPlayer-users] mplayer -pause sir, I am using mplayer in command line for linux platform to build media player application. I achieved play , next , previous and stop. Please tell me how to pause a playing audio/vedio song in command line. _______________________________________________ MPlayer-users mailing list MPlayer-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users _______________________________________________ MPlayer-users mailing list MPlayer-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users