[MPlayer-users] Timed recording?

[Haas Wernfried]

hello,
On Sun, Sep 15, 2002 at 12:24:26PM -0400, GD Lewis wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Suppose I am using mplayer to dump a stream from a server, like for a
> online radio or something like that...
> 
> For example, run for 1 hour, then quit; or run until the dumpfile
> reaches 100MB, then quit.
don't know what mplayer can do, but cron would be a solution or 
at (-deamon).
-f option make at read from commands from a file,
so "at -f somefile 22:00" should work if somefile contains 
"mplayer -dump..." (not checked myself).

see "man at" for details.
for stopping mplayer you could use "at 23:00 -f stopfile" with
stopfile: kilall mplayer
bit rough, though.

hope it helps a bit,
regards,
	wernfried

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