[MPlayer-users] flicker between playlist items

[keithcsl at ihug.co.nz]

Hi Jason

Ok, I think I may have to change the design of the
application. Currently, after each item is played, the app
calls mplayer again, ie an mplayer process is created per
video play. This makes it easier on the programming end.

It looks like I will need to change it to use one instance
of mplayer in loop mode and issue loadfile command for each
item.

It's a bit of work, but I'll give that a go. I hope that
will solve my problem. Is this how other front-end mplayer
applications are written?

Regards
Keith

> On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 04:46 +1200, keithcsl at ihug.co.nz
> > wrote: Yes, fixed-vo solves the problem if the playlist
> > is passed into mplayer. However, in our application the
> > playlist changes and is not constant. The application
> > maintains the playlist and after each item is played,
> > the app will decide which item is played next.
>
> Have the application issue a loadfile slave command _just_
> before the current movie is finished.  Timing would be
> important, and you might want to use -loop to make sure
> MPlayer doesn't quit before you get a chance to issue the
> command.
>
> Cheers,
> Jason.
>