[MPlayer-dev-eng] Using mplayer and mencoder simultaneously

[Sycotic Smith]

> Hello list,
> 
> I've reached mplayer-list from freevo list. I've been using mplayer for
> a long time, but never had the necessity of using mplayer and mencoder
> at the same time, but with freevo you need it if you want to watch TV
> while recording in your computer (you can do this easily with a TV box
> attached). As you can imagine you can't do that because the /dev/video
> device is busy
> 
> I've been thinking in the possibility of calling mplayer/mencoder inside
> mencoder/mplayer to avoid this problem. Is this feature planned for
> futere versions? Is it in the mplayer roadmap? or perhaps is it
> definitively impossible?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Jesus Gonzalez Alvarez <kch at adala.org>

First off, this should go to the -users list, not dev.  Second, try RTFM and RTFArchives, this is answered many times.
Hint: mencoder <your options> | mplayer <your viewing options -
(The minus is the important part!)

/S. Smith

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