[MPlayer-users] using fifo command T for top gives error and does not come to top

[Jan Knutar]

On Sunday 09 October 2005 01:26, Ivo wrote:

> Yes. I tested it myself with just -input file=fifo and vo_ontop was 
> honoured. I admit it would make more sense if just -input would recognize 
> keypresses and in combination with -slave would act on slave commands. The 
> funny thing is, with just -input it also still acts on keys I press in the 
> player window.

I abuse this feature by having input=file=~/.mplayer/ctrl in my config, then
have my remote control receiver program send commands to mplayer via
that fifo, while still being able to use keyboard to control MPlayer. It's a very
useful feature :)