[MPlayer-users] Writing a frontend with slave mode

[Guillaume POIRIER]

Hi,

On 12/22/05, Shane <shane-keyword-mplayer.0cbddd at cm.nu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am working on a music player frontend for mplayer.  My
> previous frontend used mpg123/321's remote mode but I need
> to support ogg and flac files.  Anyways, using the -slave
> switch, is there any way to get a bit more control of
> mplayer?  For example, can mplayer remain running after a
> file completes and send some sort of status back to the
> controller app rather than simply exiting?  Currently, I
> would have to launch an mplayer process for every track .

>From the top of my head, just use MPlayer's option "-idle"

Guillaume
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