On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 09:18:14AM +0100, Antonio Orefice wrote: > 2010/3/5 <rray_1 at comcast.net>: > > i record internet radio using "mplayer -dumpstream -dumpfile" > > when i play it back i get something like > > "A:602075.9 (167:14:35.9) of 2133437440.0 (-24.-8) ?0.0%" > > would you decipher these bits of information > > > > Richard > > > Well, can't say all, but > A:'number' is the current stream position in 'number' of seconds > (xxx:xx:xx.x) is the same value formatted in hhh:mm:ss.decisecs > of 'number' is the total stream length (doesn't make sense on net radios) > > I ignore what (-24.-8) 0.0% means, Both are the same format time in seconds (time in hours:minutes:seconds) It's just that the conversion function fails for that stream length value. For anything else consult the FAQ: http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/HTML/en/faq.html#id2612619 obviously anything related to video is not there when playing a audio-only file and vice versa.