[MPlayer-users] Config file settings for alternative menu files

[Till M]

On 23/12/08 03:51 Reimar � Wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 02:45:36AM +1100, Till M wrote:
>> I've tried specifying the full path but that made no difference.
>> If I call mplayer with my alternative menu file from the command line it
>> works great:
>> mplayer -profile movies -menu-cfg $HOME/.mplayer/movie-menu.conf fl.avi
> 
> How did you specify the full path? Obviously no shell expansion is done
> on the config file, so $HOME or ~ sure won't work.

Yeah you're right about that, I specified the full path
/home/user/.mplayer/my-menu.conf.

According to the docs, this shouldn't be needed as mplayer will scan the
users directory first if no path is specified.

Strange because it works fine for input files but not menu files :(

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Regards Till