[MPlayer-users] Problem playing windows codec

[Gábor Lénárt]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 02:26:39PM -0500, Craig Black wrote:
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> Thanks for the insight that would explain way the konqueror plugin works and 
> the command line dows not.

Because shell has got special meaning with &, while calling exec()
functions or whatever it's a normal character. Learn some UNIX again ...



> 
> On Tuesday 01 April 2003 14:06, Joonas Koivunen wrote:
> > [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > On Monday 31 March 2003 21:59, Craig Black wrote:
> > it doesn't "choke".. the problem is between the chair and the keyboard.
> > check man $SHELL or something, most likely man bash..
> >
> > from these lines:
> > > > [1] 3366
> > > > [2] 3367
> > > > [2]+  Done                    site=rushlimb
> > > > craig:~# Using GNU internationalization
> >
> > you should've guessed that you fuxxxxored up the commandline. bash or your
> >
> > $SHELL sees this:
> > > > craig:~# mplayer
> >
> > http://stream.rushlimbaugh.com/cgi-bin/members.cgi?stream=live&site=rushlim
> > b&type=windows_live
> > as:
> > mplayer http://stream.rushlimbaugh.com/cgi-bin/members.cgi?stream=live &
> > site=rushlimb &
> > type=windows_live
> >
> > and that & means to start as a background process, so three processes are
> > started.
> >
> >
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