AW: [MPlayer-users] any suggestion to have mplayer "always on",waiting for commands?

[justin case]

no. it actually spins up when i want to watch a movie, remains spinning for
that while and spins down when i am done.

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: mplayer-users-bounces at mplayerhq.hu
> [mailto:mplayer-users-bounces at mplayerhq.hu]Im Auftrag von Charles
> Blackburn
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. April 2003 10:50
> An: MPlayer user's list.
> Betreff: Re: [MPlayer-users] any suggestion to have mplayer "always
> on",waiting for commands?
>
>
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
>
> Pass but it sounds like a good idea, but you do realise that you put more
> stress on the bearings/motor etc and u use more power if you have
> it constantly spinning
> up and down :)
>
> Charles Blackburn <charlesb at summerfield-technology.co.uk>
>
> On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 07:24, nico berndt wrote:
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read
> DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > hello everybody,
> >
> > i am looking for a way to have mplayer always on ;)
> > since i am controlling it via remote i'd like it to be on
> "standby" all time
> > so i can access the menu right away to choose a file to play.
> >
> > a possibillity would surely be to loop a clip (didn't figure
> how that works,
> > yet), or - much better - display a .png- or .gif-file.
> > playing a clip would have the big downside of having the disk
> running at all
> > time; normally hdparm sends it to sleep after a couple of minutes of
> > inactivity..
>
>
>
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