[MPlayer-users] input fifo file in background - changed

[Jerry Geis]

On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 04:09:08PM -0500, Jerry Geis wrote:
>/ Jerry Geis wrote:
/>/ 
/>/ >/ On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 03:13:46PM -0500, Jerry Geis wrote:
/>/ />/ 
/>/ />>>/ I wish to run mplayer similiar to:
/>/ />>>/ "mplayer -quiet -input file=/tmp/fifo -loop 0 video.mpg &"
/>/ />>>/ If I run without the "&" it works - as soon as I put the "&" on
/>/ />>/ the command it gives me an error about /dev/rtc.
/>/ />>/ 
/>/ />>/ You'll need to show us the output. IMO the rtc thing is irrelevant.
/>/ />/ 
/>/ />/ THe error was
/>/ />/ Failed to open /dev/rtc: device or resource busy.
/>/ /
/>/ >He didn't ask for the "error", he asked for the OUTPUT. What you think
/>/ >is the relevant error message may well have nothing to do with the
/>/ >actual problem; the full output is what he asked for.
/>/ 
/>/ >-- 
/>/       The Wanderer
/>/ 
/>/ >Warning: Simply because I argue an issue does not mean I agree with any
/>/ >side of it.
/>/ 
/>/ >Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.
/>/ 
/>/ I noticed I have a number of "stopped" mplayers running. so I killed them 
/>/ all.
/>/ 
/>/ I then tried the command "mplayer video.mpg &" and it starts mplayer and 
/>/ puts it in the background I get the "stopped mplayer" message on the 
/>/ console window.
/>/ If I then run "fg" it brings it to the foreground and plays.
/>/ 
/>/ How do I start mplayer in the background and have it actually play.
/
>Add </dev/null to the command line. This applies to any interactive
>program you want to run in the background, not just MPlayer.

>Rich

Fantastic. That works. Thanks,

Jerry