[MPlayer-users] mencoder input cmdlist

[Patrick Debois]

Using mencoder i'm recording tv shows.
I would like to:
-pause recording
-change channel while recording
-start a new file.

As a i see it now only mplayer implements -input cmdlist and not mencoder.

a)Pause could easily be placed at the check at_end in the main loop of
mencoder.
b)More general reading an input fifo at this place should also be possible
c)starting a new file (without forking a new mencoder) is more difficult
because i think a new avi must have proper initialisation.

The last one would also be usefull for splitting recordings in different
files. This would overcome the problem of the more then 2 GB index problem
(cfr. -saveindex discussion on the devel mailinglist).

Please comment wether a) and b) are interesting and the end_at place is
the place to do the input check.

For c) i'm lacking the knowledge of avi to see what is needed for coding.

Patrick