[MPlayer-users] Play-list Question

[alupu at verizon.net]

Hi Reimar,

Alex asked:
>> 'mplayer -playlist playlist.txt'
>> Is there a way to individually provide options
>> in the playlist.txt?

Reimar replied: 
> No, but ...

>> # cat playlist.txt
>> -af volume=10 mysong1.mp3
>> <snip>

> ... in this case file-specific config files
> might be good enough for you.

This is terrible.

1. For the user
She has to face the nightmare of creating and
maintaining 'mysong1.mp3.conf' files for all
the songs in her playlist(s) needing options.
Note:  In my wishful example, she could
easily "cut and paste" a line like above
each time she uses "mysong1.mp3" in a playlist.

2. For MPLAYER
Instead of simply parsing (in memory - fast) a line like
"-af volume=10 mysong1.mp3",
it has to search for and process the extra "conf" file
for each song in the originally read-in playlist!

True, to develop the additional, simple parsing code and add
it to the main program is hard in a global economic crisis.

Anyway,
Thank you very much for the clear and prompt answer.

Best wishes,
-- Alex