[MPlayer-dev-eng] new slave volume control command

[Dirk]

Arpi wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > - i'm hacking on a frontend for mplayer ( namp ) and while including
> > sound control, i've thought there is a slave command missing, one that
> > set volume with static value, instead inc / dec ( what's little borring
> > for front end with its own control ), like "set_volume <left> <right>".
> >
> > There're all functions already in mplayer ( mixer_setvolume, ... ), i
> > could  do it kickly ( if not the job of anybody else... ), just tell me
> > what release i must use ( 0.9pre6, cvs 0814... )
>
> cvs, always.
>
> anyway teh 'standard' way of these relative vs absolute switches in mplayer
> to add an extra parameter to the command, a flag. by default it's zero,
> meaning that the command is relative (inc/dec). if you set it to 1, it means
> you passed absolute values.
>
> A'rpi / Astral & ESP-team
>
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what about separating the current mplayer GUI support to an external project?
and let backend and frontend comm. via tcp/ip? IMHO thats more elegant than
compiling a (stupid) GUI into a (great) cmdlinetool...

Dirk