[MPlayer-users] Running in a slave mode and reading from a fifo

[Joey Parrish]

On 4/23/07, Marcos Iuato <iuato at samurai.com.br> wrote:
> Is it possible having mplayer reading from a pipe and to be controlled
> in a slave mode?

Yes.  Slave mode should use stdin, and the video data must come from a
named pipe (FIFO).  If you're using linux, man mkfifo.  (IIRC)

--Joey