[MPlayer-users] unset key bindings

[Reimar Döffinger]

On 09.06.2013, at 12:24, Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar at fantomas.sk> wrote:

> On 08.06.13 18:59, Konrad Vrba wrote:
>> I would like to disable some of the many mplayer key bindings. I use
>> mplayer for simple video watching, and I really don't have any use for
>> functions like "speed_mult" or "audio_delay". Sometimes I unintentionally
>> press wrong key and change something without knowing how to switch it back.
>> 
>> Is there a way, I could "unset" some of the key bindings, so that the keys
>> have no effect? I have tried to comment out the key definitions
>> in /etc/mplayer/input.conf, but that does not dissable them, but rather
>> keeps them at their default values
> 
> the only possibility I found after quick look is using '-input nodefault-bindings:conf=<filename>' (hint from '-slave' description from manual page)
> 
> I agree that possibility to unbind a key (or binding to nothing) is
> something many programs are missing.

You just need to bind the key to do nothing.
Any nonsense as command will do it, but there is some special value that avoids the error ("ignore" I believe it is).