[MPlayer-users] arbitrary file location seeks & "remote" control?

[Arpi]

Hi,

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html &
>  http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-2.96.html if you still have questions or problems]
> 
> On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 07:22:57PM +0200, Arpi wrote:
> > > How possible would it be to do file position seeks?
> > see -ss and -sb options.
> 
> Yeah, -sb will do for the GOP start, but I'd like to be able to stop 
> playing after X byte using some existing (or hacked in) option.

what about -frames ?

> > btw, if you want to use mplayer's stuff in your app, you should get
> > mplayer.c and modify for your needs - set the start/end file position after
> > opening the stream so it will play only that bytes.
> 
> Hm.  That's a possibility, but I was hoping to just do IPC to control a 
> running mplayer.  (To produce something that is visually similar to using 
> "-gui".)  I don't want to have to keep patching my prog whenever a 
> new mplayer comes out.  :)

as you write a GOP mpeg2 editor - you need only a small part of mplayer
code. actually libmpdemux, libmpeg2, libao/libvo and my a-v sync code.
why do you need keep sync with new versions?

> What I imagined was similar to the -gui option.  Maybe -pipe or something 
> that would take specific line-at-a-time commands from stdin (instead of 
> the regular keyboard controls).  That way, any tool could pipe/fork/exec 
> to mplayer, and control it "open FILE" "seek-to..." "play" "pause", etc.  
> Just an idea.  :)
do it if you want. i won't.


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