[MPlayer-users] how could i make mplayer start up using a different config-file?

[Frederick Bruckman]

On Sun, 13 Apr 2003, nico berndt wrote:

> does anybody know a way to make mplayer use an alternative configuration
> file?
>
> i want to create several scripts wich call mplayer with different
> configurations for different movies (e.g. choosing a different audio track
> and/or different settings for different movie-qualities).
>
> i want this to be
> scripted so i can map buttons of my remote to the scripts.

Maybe you'll find this useful, from the man page:

       You  can also write file-specific configuration files.  If
       you  wish  to  have  a  config  file  for  a  file  called
       'movie.avi', create a file named 'movie.avi.conf' with the
       file-specific options in it and put it in ~/.mplayer or in
       the same directory as the file.

There's also an "-include" option, to specify arbitrary conf files.

Frederick