[MPlayer-users] feature request...

[Arpi]

Hi,

> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> thanks for the idea,
> 
> btw. adding "-ao null -vo null" helps a bit, because this way he won't
> try to open video/audio...
> 
> gabor
> 
> ps1: am i correct that the diff between -nosound/-ao_null is that with
> -ao_null the audio data is decoded but with -nosound it's not?
yes

> ps2: not so important, but for consistency it would be nice to have a
> -novideo switch too
it's problematic, as mplayer is originally video player, and the audio-only
mode is a way hack, but forcing audio-only for video files not really
supported by the demuxers yet


A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team

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