[MPlayer-users] Inconsistent & Strange Running Behavior

[D Richard Felker III]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2003 at 01:21:12AM -0700, Corey Hickey wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> mpierce wrote:
> >[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> 
> >mpierce at libranet:~$ mplayer -ao oss -vo xv &
> 
> Quick answer: don't try to run mplayer in the background (remove the &).
> 
> I'd explain in detail, but I don't remember the details. :)

The details are in the fine faq.

Rich