-----Original Message----- From: mplayer-users-bounces at mplayerhq.hu [mailto:mplayer-users-bounces at mplayerhq.hu] On Behalf Of glenn greenfield Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 1:06 PM To: mplayer-users at mplayerhq.hu Subject: Looking for examples using -idle I have found references to -idle in man mplayer "Mostly useful in slave mode where MPlayer can be con- trolled through input commands." But there is no mention of -idle in slave.txt http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/slave.txt I've tried to use -idle but I either get this error: mplayer: could not connect to socket mplayer: No such file or directory OR mplayer doesn't appear to go into 'idle'. After much searching I cannot locate a single example of how to actually use the -idle switch. Can anyone point me to even one? Thank you very, very much. -- glenn greenfield _______________________________________________ MPlayer-users mailing list MPlayer-users at mplayerhq.hu https://lists.mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users mplayer -slave -idle <path_to_media> ~Nicodemus Allen-Tonar