[MPlayer-users] [PATCH] Add option to read -slave commands from fifo

Nico nsabbi at libero.it
Tue Apr 8 18:06:34 CEST 2003


Even better: in CVS  there's a working input module from DVB (change 
channel etc.)

Brett Kosinski wrote:

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>>$SUBJECT is attached - useful for stuff like
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>>dvbstream -whatever | mplayer -
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>>and still wanting to control mplayer via -slave commands from a gui
>>
>>With this patch, you can
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>>mkfifo /tmp/foo
>>dvbstream -whatever |mplayer -cfifo /tmp/foo -slave -
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>>And write -slave commands to /tmp/foo instead of stdin [which is
>>occupied by dvbstream]
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>Is there a reason you don't just send the dvbstream stuff through a fifo?
>eg:
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>mkfifo /tmp/foo
>dvbstream -whatever > /tmp/foo &
>mplayer -slave /tmp/foo
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>Brett.
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