[MPlayer-users] double mplayer instance when playing HTTP streams

[jacopo mondi]

Hi there,
     I'm using mplayer in slave mode, and controlling it by mean of a 
custom web browser plugin.
When playing HTTP streams, I always found two mplayer instances running. 
One is launched by myself, the other shows up after the 'loadfile' 
command is issued to mplayer stdin.

When I have to shutdown the plugin the child remains alive, since I only 
know the father's pid.
Why does mplayer forks to player HTTP stream? Is there any way to 
terminate both the processes?


Thank you
     j