[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] FAQ (was Re: [MPlayer-users] Resizing annoyance...)
Diego Biurrun
diego at biurrun.de
Thu Feb 14 05:17:42 CET 2002
Alexander Werth (gmx) writes:
> Am Don, 2002-02-14 um 01.35 schrieb Diego Biurrun:
> > and also fixes a small typo:
> >
> > Use : mplayer <options> <filename> < /dev/null &
> >
> > should be
> >
> > Use : mplayer <options> <filename> > /dev/null &
>
> Actually the original one is right.
> MPlayer tries to read from stdin and bash stops the process then.
> This could by avoided by providing a fake stdin stream.
> Alexander Werth
No, the corrected one is right. Mplayer plays the file in the
background and the output is directed into limbo (/dev/null) so that
you can continue using your console.
With < /dev/null mplayer would be reading from /dev/null and not from
stdin, wouldn't it?
Diego
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