[MPlayer-users] Playing a DVD and mp3 Simultaneously with sync

[Paul Huwe]

Dear Kiste,

Thank you for the quick reply. I am interested in what you suggest, and it sounds like you have a macro that does this. Have you investigated modifying the mplayer code to get higher precision timing information? 

Cheers,
Paul


> Date: Friday, June 4, 2010, 6:19 AM
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to use mplayer to play a DVD and mp3 track
> together (so both
> > DVD and mp3 audio, with dvd video). I need the mp3 and
> dvd to stay in
> > sync. Can I play both at once in one instance of
> mplayer? (I know they can
> > play together in two instances.) If so, will mplayer
> keep an internal sync
> > between the two? If not, is there a way to sync the
> two instances?
> 
> It's possible, but you can not expect a lot of help from
> mplayer. There's
> the output of the current playing position on stdout. Read
> that output
> from both mplayers, compare the played time, and if it is
> out of sync,
> speed up or slow down one of the players. It might sound a
> bit crazy, but
> it can be done. I've got it to keep accuracy better than
> 0.1 seconds,
> which in general is quite ok.
> 
> Greets,
> Kiste