? ???, 01/10/2009 ? 19:43 +0200, Oliver Seitz ?????: > > So, I understand that I need to correct my question: > > How to launch mplayer with pipes on its stdin and stdout? Using only > > shell, no perl. > > mplayer -input file=/tmp/input-pipe >/tmp/output-pipe > > Or > > mplayer -input >/tmp/output-pipe </tmp/input-pipe > > Or > > cat /tmp/input-pipe | mplayer -input >/tmp/output-pipe Thank you! It works! > The first solution is the best I think, as the pipe stays valid even if > closed by a writing process as mentioned in the manpage. > > But in fact redirecting stdin and stdout is not really a mplayer subject, > it's shell basics. You are right. I'm not used to it yet... *CHEERS* -- Regards, Alex