[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] FAQ (was Re: [MPlayer-users] Resizing annoyance...)

[Alexander Werth (gmx)]

Am Don, 2002-02-14 um 01.35 schrieb Diego Biurrun:
> and also fixes a small typo:
> 
> Use : mplayer <options> <filename> < /dev/null &
> 
> should be
> 
> Use : mplayer <options> <filename> > /dev/null &

Actually the original one is right. 
MPlayer tries to read from stdin and bash stops the process then.
This could by avoided by providing a fake stdin stream.
Alexander Werth

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