[MPlayer-dev-eng] Re: [PATCH] support for playing from named pipes (fifo)

[Martin Josefsson]

>Hi,
>
>> Martin Josefsson wrote:
>> 
>>  > I found myself having the need for playing from a named pipe
>>  > and found out that it didn't work so I added support for it.
>> 
>> I applied the patch and tried to play a file through a named pipe,
>> but the screen is all black... Would you please explain how to use
>> this feature? An example would be appreciated.
>> 
>
>i see no sense of having such patch in cvs.
>people needing pipes can use stdin:
>
>mplayer [options] - <namedpipe

(sorry for not responding sooner, I'm not on the list (forgot to mention
that) and I didn't check the achives until now)

So how do mplayer accept keyboardinput when it's standard input is
connected to a named pipe? remember that this is using -vo mga in console
so I have no window that can accept the keyboard input.

The answer is that it can't when using it like this.

If I use my patch and specify the named pipe as a filename I still have
stdin so mplayer can accept keyboardinput

I hope you see the sense in this. Otherwise I still have the patch for my
own use :)

/Martin

Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.