[MPlayer-users] Starting mplayer without specifying a file to play

[Hugo González Monteverde]

AFAIK and from what I've read in the list, it doesn't look like it can 
be done. I also want to do it.

The best I've been able to manage using a frontend I'm writing (in 
python)  is always loop, so that the program does not exit. Maybe you 
could use a dummy clip and have it looping...

Hugo

Alex Polite wrote:

>I'm trying to get mplayer to work with PyTone[1] a curses based
>interface to audioplayer command line audioplayers like.
>
>One of the players is mpg321. A nice thing about mpg321 is that you
>can launch it WITHOUT SPECIFYING A FILE OR URL TO PLAY. You can then
>send it commands like "load this file to playlist", "empty
>playlist". Sort of.
>
>I've been trying to figure out if mplayer can do this in slave mode. 
>  
>