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

[Diego Biurrun]

D Richard Felker III writes:
 > 
 > the original one was right. redirecting stdout to /dev/null may also
 > be nice, but it is nonessential. on the other hand, if you don't
 > redirect stdin, it *will not run*.

I noticed that in the meantime ;-)
Unfortunately I still fail to understand why...

 > > With < /dev/null mplayer would be reading from /dev/null and not from
 > > stdin, wouldn't it?
 > 
 > you're confusing stdin with the controlling terminal. mplayer will
 > always read from stdin; using </dev/null just changes what stdin *is*.

So with < /dev/null mplayer detaches from the controlling terminal?
Seems like I still got a lot to learn.  Somebody care to elaborate?
Confused

Diego