On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 07:59:31PM +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote: > Tom D. <dtom77 <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > I still get the error. > > Which error? The SIGPIPE at the end of the stream. I think this should maybe be fixed in the live555 library (and maybe even is in a newer version), though it maybe would also be better to make MPlayer ignore SIGPIPE. You could try this: Index: mplayer.c =================================================================== --- mplayer.c (revision 31425) +++ mplayer.c (working copy) @@ -3030,7 +3030,7 @@ signal(SIGINT,exit_sighandler); // Interrupt from keyboard signal(SIGQUIT,exit_sighandler); // Quit from keyboard - signal(SIGPIPE,exit_sighandler); // Some window managers cause this + signal(SIGPIPE,SIG_IGN); // Some window managers cause this #ifdef CONFIG_SIGHANDLER // fatal errors: signal(SIGBUS,exit_sighandler); // bus error