Index: mplayer.c
===================================================================
--- mplayer.c	(revision 19906)
+++ mplayer.c	(working copy)
@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@
 static char *stream_dump_name="stream.dump";
        int stream_dump_type=0;
 
+       char* info_fifo_name=NULL;
+
 // A-V sync:
 static float default_max_pts_correction=-1;//0.01f;
 static float max_pts_correction=0;//default_max_pts_correction;
@@ -713,6 +715,8 @@
   if(how) mp_msg(MSGT_CPLAYER,MSGL_INFO,MSGTR_ExitingHow,how);
   mp_msg(MSGT_CPLAYER,MSGL_DBG2,"max framesize was %d bytes\n",max_framesize);
 
+  mp_msg_infofifo_uninit();
+
   exit(rc);
 }
 
@@ -2848,6 +2852,8 @@
     }
     }
 	
+    mp_msg_infofifo_init();	
+
 #if defined(WIN32) && defined(HAVE_NEW_GUI)
     void *runningmplayer = FindWindow("MPlayer GUI for Windows", "MPlayer for Windows");
     if(runningmplayer && filename && use_gui){
Index: cfg-mplayer.h
===================================================================
--- cfg-mplayer.h	(revision 19906)
+++ cfg-mplayer.h	(working copy)
@@ -340,6 +340,8 @@
 	{"loop", &loop_times, CONF_TYPE_INT, CONF_RANGE, -1, 10000, NULL},
 	{"playlist", NULL, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
 
+	{"info_fifo", &info_fifo_name, CONF_TYPE_STRING, 0, 0, 0, NULL},
+
 	// a-v sync stuff:
         {"correct-pts", &correct_pts, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 0, 1, NULL},
         {"no-correct-pts", &correct_pts, CONF_TYPE_FLAG, 0, 1, 0, NULL},
Index: mp_msg.c
===================================================================
--- mp_msg.c	(revision 19906)
+++ mp_msg.c	(working copy)
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 
 #include "config.h"
 
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@
 static iconv_t msgiconv;
 #endif
 
+extern char* info_fifo_name;
+static FILE* info_fifo = NULL;
+
 void mp_msg_init(void){
     int i;
     char *env = getenv("MPLAYER_VERBOSE");
@@ -57,6 +61,21 @@
 #endif
 }
 
+void mp_msg_infofifo_init(void){
+    if (info_fifo_name){
+        int fifo_fd = open(info_fifo_name, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK);
+        if(fifo_fd >= 0){
+            info_fifo = fdopen(fifo_fd, "w");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void mp_msg_infofifo_uninit(void){
+    if(info_fifo){
+        fclose(info_fifo);
+    }
+}
+
 int mp_msg_test(int mod, int lev)
 {
     return lev <= (mp_msg_levels[mod] == -2 ? mp_msg_level_all + verbose : mp_msg_levels[mod]);
@@ -186,6 +205,10 @@
                  ||tmp[strlen(tmp)-1] == '\r';
     }
 #endif
+    if(info_fifo){
+        fprintf(info_fifo, "%s", tmp);
+        fflush(info_fifo);
+    }
     if (lev <= MSGL_WARN){
 	fprintf(stderr, "%s", tmp);fflush(stderr);
     } else {