thanks cedric , It is working. from jay On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 08:04 +0200, mplayer-users-request at mplayerhq.hu wrote: > Send MPlayer-users mailing list submissions to > mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > mplayer-users-request at mplayerhq.hu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > mplayer-users-owner at mplayerhq.hu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of MPlayer-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: MPlayer-users Digest, Vol 70, Issue 1 (Jayalakshmi) > 2. Re: Streaming to mplayer with php, how that ? (Cedric Malitte) > 3. Re: MPlayer-users Digest, Vol 70, Issue 1 (Cedric Malitte) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:20:15 +0530 > From: Jayalakshmi <jaya at innovatesolutions.net> > Subject: Re: MPlayer-users Digest, Vol 70, Issue 1 > To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu > Message-ID: <1254718215.3837.8.camel at Ramesh-suse.site> > Content-Type: text/plain > > hi Kiste , > > sory distrbing again. Please help me out on this issue. > > can you please tell me how to pause song/viedo using C program. > Because I am using this c program as backend for my GUI program for > media player application. > > thank you, > KISTE > > > > > > On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 12:00 +0200, mplayer-users-request at mplayerhq.hu > wrote: > > Send MPlayer-users mailing list submissions to > > mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > mplayer-users-request at mplayerhq.hu > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > mplayer-users-owner at mplayerhq.hu > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of MPlayer-users digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: MPlayer-users Digest, Vol 69, Issue 35 (Jayalakshmi) > > 2. mplayer -pause (Jayalakshmi) > > 3. Re: MPlayer-users Digest, Vol 69, Issue 35 (Oliver Seitz) > > 4. Re: mplayer -pause (Oliver Seitz) > > 5. Re: mplayer -pause (Barb Sterling) > > 6. Re: mplayer -pause (Oliver Seitz) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:17:02 +0530 > > From: Jayalakshmi <jaya at innovatesolutions.net> > > Subject: Re: MPlayer-users Digest, Vol 69, Issue 35 > > To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu, Oliver Seitz <info at vtnd.de> > > Message-ID: <1254314822.4389.35.camel at Ramesh-suse.site> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > > > hi Kiste > > > > I did not understood your solution. please tell me clearly how to do > > that . > > > > > > > > man mplayer > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > -input <commands> > > > This option can be used to configure certain parts of the input > > > system. Paths are relative to ~/.mplayer/. > > > > > > Available commands are: > > > [...] > > > file=<filename> > > > Read commands from the given file. Mostly useful with a > > > FIFO. > > > NOTE: When the given file is a FIFO MPlayer opens both > > > ends so you can do several ?echo "seek 10" > mp_pipe? > > > and the pipe will stay valid. > > > > > > [...] > > > -slave (also see -input) > > > Switches on slave mode, in which MPlayer works as a backend for > > > other programs. Instead of intercepting keyboard events, > > > MPlay‐ > > > er will read commands separated by a newline (\n) from stdin. > > > NOTE: See -input cmdlist for a list of slave commands and > > > DOCS/tech/slave.txt for their description. Also, this is not > > > intended to disable other inputs, e.g. via the video window, use > > > some other method like -input nodefault-binds:conf=/dev/null for > > > that. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I tried what you have told, but no response. > > > > I am using commands in my application program, like > > > > main() > > > > { > > ... > > ... > > > > system ("mplayer -slave -idle -quiet abc.wmv\n"); > > ... > > ... > > > > system("pause\n"); > > ... > > ... > > > > > > } > > > > but it is not taking taht command. It is showing error as , > > > > pause command not found > > > > > > > > please give any solution. > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:18:57 +0530 > > From: Jayalakshmi <jaya at innovatesolutions.net> > > Subject: mplayer -pause > > To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu, Oliver Seitz <info at vtnd.de> > > Message-ID: <1254314937.4389.37.camel at Ramesh-suse.site> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > > > hi Kiste > > > > I did not understood your solution. please tell me clearly how to do > > that . > > > > > > > > man mplayer > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > -input <commands> > > > This option can be used to configure certain parts of the > > input > > > system. Paths are relative to ~/.mplayer/. > > > > > > Available commands are: > > > [...] > > > file=<filename> > > > Read commands from the given file. Mostly useful > > with a > > > FIFO. > > > NOTE: When the given file is a FIFO MPlayer opens > > both > > > ends so you can do several ?echo "seek 10" > > > mp_pipe? > > > and the pipe will stay valid. > > > > > > [...] > > > -slave (also see -input) > > > Switches on slave mode, in which MPlayer works as a backend > > for > > > other programs. Instead of intercepting keyboard events, > > > MPlay‐ > > > er will read commands separated by a newline (\n) from stdin. > > > NOTE: See -input cmdlist for a list of slave commands > > and > > > DOCS/tech/slave.txt for their description. Also, this is > > not > > > intended to disable other inputs, e.g. via the video window, > > use > > > some other method like -input nodefault-binds:conf=/dev/null > > for > > > that. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I tried what you have told, but no response. > > > > I am using commands in my application program, like > > > > main() > > > > { > > ... > > ... > > > > system ("mplayer -slave -idle -quiet abc.wmv\n"); > > ... > > ... > > > > system("pause\n"); > > ... > > ... > > > > > > } > > > > but it is not taking taht command. It is showing error as , > > > > pause command not found > > > > > > > > please give any solution. > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:01:42 +0200 (CEST) > > From: "Oliver Seitz" <info at vtnd.de> > > Subject: Re: MPlayer-users Digest, Vol 69, Issue 35 > > To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests, bug reports" > > <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu> > > Message-ID: > > <52200.92.198.62.74.1254315702.squirrel at srv1.ssl-traffic.de> > > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > Sorry, I don't speak c, do you speak bash? > > > > mkfifo /tmp/mplayer-input > > mplayer -slave -idle -input file=/tmp/mplayer-input abc.avi > > [...] > > echo pause >/tmp/mplayer-input > > > > > > > > This is what the manpage says, and it works for me like a charm. > > > > Greets, > > Kiste > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 4 > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:05:01 +0200 (CEST) > > From: "Oliver Seitz" <info at vtnd.de> > > Subject: Re: mplayer -pause > > To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests, bug reports" > > <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu> > > Message-ID: > > <50338.92.198.62.74.1254315901.squirrel at srv1.ssl-traffic.de> > > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > Do you understand it better when i tell you twice? > > > > #> input > > http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2009-September/077890.html > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:23:13 -0600 > > From: "Barb Sterling" <bsterling at cardinalpeak.com> > > Subject: Re: mplayer -pause > > To: MPlayer usage questions, feature requests, bug reports > > <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu> > > Message-ID: <20090930172313.e09e1a1f at smtp.cardinalpeak.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jayalakshmi > > [mailto:jaya at innovatesolutions.net] > > To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu, Oliver > > Seitz [mailto:info at vtnd.de] > > Sent: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:48:57 -0600 > > Subject: > > mplayer -pause > > > > > > > hi Kiste > > > > > > I did not understood your solution. please tell me clearly how to do > > > that . > > > > > > > > > > > > > I would recommend that you look at the source from one or more of the MPlayer Frontends. > > > > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/projects.html > > > > Controlling mplayer through a program is a bit more involved than what you are hoping. > > > > Good luck. > > > > Barbara Sterling > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Message: 6 > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:54:56 +0200 > > From: "Oliver Seitz" <info at vtnd.de> > > Subject: Re: mplayer -pause > > To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests, bug reports" > > <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu> > > Message-ID: <op.u02z1urwn8yd9f at asuskiste> > > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; > > charset=iso-8859-15 > > > > > > > Controlling mplayer through a program is a bit more involved than what > > > you are hoping. > > > > Well, just starting and stopping playback and loading files at demand > > isn't to complicated. It works well for me, and I did not read any > > sources, just the docs. I admit, there was a bit of trial-and-error, but > > after I finally understood what the docs meant everything worked great. > > > > But, one thing comes to my mind. I'm missing a slave command like "PLAY" > > which unpauses when in pause mode and doing nothing when playing. > > "frame_step" is some kind of replacement which does the opposite: It > > switches to pause mode, nevermind if from pause or play. So now I use > > "frame_step \n pause \n" to switch to play mode, but it's a really ugly > > hack. > > > > Greets, > > Kiste > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MPlayer-users mailing list > > MPlayer-users at mplayerhq.hu > > https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users > > > > End of MPlayer-users Digest, Vol 70, Issue 1 > > ******************************************** > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 01:52:35 -0400 > From: Cedric Malitte <cedric.malitte at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Streaming to mplayer with php, how that ? > To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests, bug reports" > <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu> > Message-ID: > <23717fc10910042252x6b5f6a25u77c56be7be17a778 at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 2009/10/3 Oliver Seitz <info at vtnd.de> > > > > > > As you already did it, and reinventing the wheel is useless... > > > Any clue or code to share ? ;) > > > > The "nothing to play"- Video runs in an endless loop > > > > mplayer -idle -slave -input file=/tmp/mplayer-input -loop 0 idle_video.avi > > > > When there's something to play, I send something like > > > > echo "loadfile action1.avi" >/tmp/mplayer-input > > > > That file plays again in a loop until the user is fed up with it, and the > > "idle" video starts again, again in a loop. > > > > If the video should play just once, I would have started it by a sequence > > like > > > > loop -1 > > loadfile action1.avi > > loadfile idle_video.avi append > > > > Then I would at regular intervals issue > > > > get_file_name > > > > to find out if the action1.avi was finished playing to then reset it to an > > endless loop. > > > > Good luck! > > > > Greets, > > Kiste > > > > Btw I had a look at gnome-mplayer, but won't do the trick as I send video to > a plain Xserver, no desktop and no artifacts. I just want to see the video. > > Well, got some little time to test that this week end but.... > if I launch > mplayer -nosound -x 800 -y 600 -quiet -framedrop -nolirc -slave -idle > -osdlevel 0 -vo xvidix:rage128 -input file=/tmp/mplay > I can launch files with echo "loadfile video.wmv" > /tmp/mplay > > If I send echo "loadfile video.wmv" > /tmp/mplay > then echo "loadfile video2.wmv *1" > /tmp/mplay* > and then echo "loadfile video3.wmv" > /tmp/mplay > video3 plays ok, and then it plays again video2 !!!! > > Dammit, there might be something I do not catch with playslist or tree :) > > If I put -loop 0 idle_video.avi in the command line and then send loop -1, > then loadfile video1, video1 will play in loop. I'm unable to unloop... > > After all those tries, and many others in fact, I lost more hair, almost > bald now ! > > I'll take another way has I can not stream to mplayer in php and there's no > easy way to know if mplayer has finished playing a file... > I'll test playback with pcntl_alarm as I know the length of each video and > which one I throwed at mplayer, I'll be able to send another loadfile just > in time. > > If I got time, I might hack a bit the source to send a 'I'm done playing > video xxxxxxx.avi' to stdout :P > > Anyway, I learned something today, so was a good day ! > > Greets, > Cedric > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 02:04:05 -0400 > From: Cedric Malitte <cedric.malitte at gmail.com> > Subject: Re: MPlayer-users Digest, Vol 70, Issue 1 > To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests, bug reports" > <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu> > Message-ID: > <23717fc10910042304n30c1502dr5f262a3ba3a8f4a0 at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > mkfifo /tmp/mplayer-input > mplayer -slave -idle -input file=/tmp/mplayer-input abc.avi > void init_your_stuff (void) > { > // Go the hard way, it's late here > system ("mkfifo /tmp/mplayer-input"); > // launch the player with abc.wmv > system ("mplayer -slave -idle -quiet -input file=/tmp/mplayer-input abc.wmv > \n"); > } > > main() > > { > init_your_stuff; > ... > ... > //do something, anything you want to > ... > //we need to pause a bit now to go and get some chips > system("echo p > /tmp/mplayer-input"); > > // you can do it nicer 'a la C' with fopen and fprintf($file,"p") > fclose.... > > //we are back with chips, unpause it > system("echo 'p' > /tmp/mplayer-input"); > > This does what you want. > > In order to send commands to mplayer, you need to open a tube > (/tmp/mplayer-input) to send them. > > Greets, > Cedric > > 2009/10/5 Jayalakshmi <jaya at innovatesolutions.net> > > > hi Kiste , > > > > sory distrbing again. Please help me out on this issue. > > > > can you please tell me how to pause song/viedo using C program. > > Because I am using this c program as backend for my GUI program for > > media player application. > > > > thank you, > > KISTE > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 12:00 +0200, mplayer-users-request at mplayerhq.hu > > wrote: > > > Send MPlayer-users mailing list submissions to > > > mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu > > > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > > https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users > > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > > mplayer-users-request at mplayerhq.hu > > > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > > mplayer-users-owner at mplayerhq.hu > > > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > > than "Re: Contents of MPlayer-users digest..." > > > > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > > > 1. Re: MPlayer-users Digest, Vol 69, Issue 35 (Jayalakshmi) > > > 2. mplayer -pause (Jayalakshmi) > > > 3. Re: MPlayer-users Digest, Vol 69, Issue 35 (Oliver Seitz) > > > 4. Re: mplayer -pause (Oliver Seitz) > > > 5. Re: mplayer -pause (Barb Sterling) > > > 6. Re: mplayer -pause (Oliver Seitz) > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > Message: 1 > > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:17:02 +0530 > > > From: Jayalakshmi <jaya at innovatesolutions.net> > > > Subject: Re: MPlayer-users Digest, Vol 69, Issue 35 > > > To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu, Oliver Seitz <info at vtnd.de> > > > Message-ID: <1254314822.4389.35.camel at Ramesh-suse.site> > > > Content-Type: text/plain > > > > > > hi Kiste > > > > > > I did not understood your solution. please tell me clearly how to do > > > that . > > > > > > > > > > > > man mplayer > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > -input <commands> > > > > This option can be used to configure certain parts of the > > input > > > > system. Paths are relative to ~/.mplayer/. > > > > > > > > Available commands are: > > > > [...] > > > > file=<filename> > > > > Read commands from the given file. Mostly useful with > > a > > > > FIFO. > > > > NOTE: When the given file is a FIFO MPlayer opens > > both > > > > ends so you can do several ?echo "seek 10" > > > mp_pipe? > > > > and the pipe will stay valid. > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > -slave (also see -input) > > > > Switches on slave mode, in which MPlayer works as a backend > > for > > > > other programs. Instead of intercepting keyboard events, > > > > MPlay‐ > > > > er will read commands separated by a newline (\n) from stdin. > > > > NOTE: See -input cmdlist for a list of slave commands > > and > > > > DOCS/tech/slave.txt for their description. Also, this is > > not > > > > intended to disable other inputs, e.g. via the video window, > > use > > > > some other method like -input nodefault-binds:conf=/dev/null > > for > > > > that. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I tried what you have told, but no response. > > > > > > I am using commands in my application program, like > > > > > > main() > > > > > > { > > > ... > > > ... > > > > > > system ("mplayer -slave -idle -quiet abc.wmv\n"); > > > ... > > > ... > > > > > > system("pause\n"); > > > ... > > > ... > > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > but it is not taking taht command. It is showing error as , > > > > > > pause command not found > > > > > > > > > > > > please give any solution. > > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 2 > > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:18:57 +0530 > > > From: Jayalakshmi <jaya at innovatesolutions.net> > > > Subject: mplayer -pause > > > To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu, Oliver Seitz <info at vtnd.de> > > > Message-ID: <1254314937.4389.37.camel at Ramesh-suse.site> > > > Content-Type: text/plain > > > > > > hi Kiste > > > > > > I did not understood your solution. please tell me clearly how to do > > > that . > > > > > > > > > > > > man mplayer > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > -input <commands> > > > > This option can be used to configure certain parts of the > > > input > > > > system. Paths are relative to ~/.mplayer/. > > > > > > > > Available commands are: > > > > [...] > > > > file=<filename> > > > > Read commands from the given file. Mostly useful > > > with a > > > > FIFO. > > > > NOTE: When the given file is a FIFO MPlayer opens > > > both > > > > ends so you can do several ?echo "seek 10" > > > > mp_pipe? > > > > and the pipe will stay valid. > > > > > > > > [...] > > > > -slave (also see -input) > > > > Switches on slave mode, in which MPlayer works as a backend > > > for > > > > other programs. Instead of intercepting keyboard events, > > > > MPlay‐ > > > > er will read commands separated by a newline (\n) from stdin. > > > > NOTE: See -input cmdlist for a list of slave commands > > > and > > > > DOCS/tech/slave.txt for their description. Also, this is > > > not > > > > intended to disable other inputs, e.g. via the video window, > > > use > > > > some other method like -input nodefault-binds:conf=/dev/null > > > for > > > > that. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I tried what you have told, but no response. > > > > > > I am using commands in my application program, like > > > > > > main() > > > > > > { > > > ... > > > ... > > > > > > system ("mplayer -slave -idle -quiet abc.wmv\n"); > > > ... > > > ... > > > > > > system("pause\n"); > > > ... > > > ... > > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > but it is not taking taht command. It is showing error as , > > > > > > pause command not found > > > > > > > > > > > > please give any solution. > > > > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 3 > > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:01:42 +0200 (CEST) > > > From: "Oliver Seitz" <info at vtnd.de> > > > Subject: Re: MPlayer-users Digest, Vol 69, Issue 35 > > > To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests, bug reports" > > > <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu> > > > Message-ID: > > > <52200.92.198.62.74.1254315702.squirrel at srv1.ssl-traffic.de> > > > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > > > Sorry, I don't speak c, do you speak bash? > > > > > > mkfifo /tmp/mplayer-input > > > mplayer -slave -idle -input file=/tmp/mplayer-input abc.avi > > > [...] > > > echo pause >/tmp/mplayer-input > > > > > > > > > > > > This is what the manpage says, and it works for me like a charm. > > > > > > Greets, > > > Kiste > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 4 > > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:05:01 +0200 (CEST) > > > From: "Oliver Seitz" <info at vtnd.de> > > > Subject: Re: mplayer -pause > > > To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests, bug reports" > > > <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu> > > > Message-ID: > > > <50338.92.198.62.74.1254315901.squirrel at srv1.ssl-traffic.de> > > > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > > > Do you understand it better when i tell you twice? > > > > > > #> input > > > > > http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2009-September/077890.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 5 > > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:23:13 -0600 > > > From: "Barb Sterling" <bsterling at cardinalpeak.com> > > > Subject: Re: mplayer -pause > > > To: MPlayer usage questions, feature requests, bug reports > > > <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu> > > > Message-ID: <20090930172313.e09e1a1f at smtp.cardinalpeak.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Jayalakshmi > > > [mailto:jaya at innovatesolutions.net] > > > To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu, Oliver > > > Seitz [mailto:info at vtnd.de] > > > Sent: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:48:57 -0600 > > > Subject: > > > mplayer -pause > > > > > > > > > > hi Kiste > > > > > > > > I did not understood your solution. please tell me clearly how to do > > > > that . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I would recommend that you look at the source from one or more of the > > MPlayer Frontends. > > > > > > http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/projects.html > > > > > > Controlling mplayer through a program is a bit more involved than what > > you are hoping. > > > > > > Good luck. > > > > > > Barbara Sterling > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > Message: 6 > > > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:54:56 +0200 > > > From: "Oliver Seitz" <info at vtnd.de> > > > Subject: Re: mplayer -pause > > > To: "MPlayer usage questions, feature requests, bug reports" > > > <mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu> > > > Message-ID: <op.u02z1urwn8yd9f at asuskiste> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; > > > charset=iso-8859-15 > > > > > > > > > > Controlling mplayer through a program is a bit more involved than what > > > > you are hoping. > > > > > > Well, just starting and stopping playback and loading files at demand > > > isn't to complicated. It works well for me, and I did not read any > > > sources, just the docs. I admit, there was a bit of trial-and-error, but > > > after I finally understood what the docs meant everything worked great. > > > > > > But, one thing comes to my mind. I'm missing a slave command like "PLAY" > > > which unpauses when in pause mode and doing nothing when playing. > > > "frame_step" is some kind of replacement which does the opposite: It > > > switches to pause mode, nevermind if from pause or play. So now I use > > > "frame_step \n pause \n" to switch to play mode, but it's a really ugly > > > hack. > > > > > > Greets, > > > Kiste > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > MPlayer-users mailing list > > > MPlayer-users at mplayerhq.hu > > > https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users > > > > > > End of MPlayer-users Digest, Vol 70, Issue 1 > > > ******************************************** > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MPlayer-users mailing list > > MPlayer-users at mplayerhq.hu > > https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > MPlayer-users mailing list > MPlayer-users at mplayerhq.hu > https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users > > End of MPlayer-users Digest, Vol 70, Issue 7 > ********************************************