[MPlayer-users] using fifo command T for top gives error and does not come to top

[Rich Felker]

On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 08:31:05PM +0200, Ivo wrote:
> On Saturday 08 October 2005 20:11, Jerry Geis wrote:
> > I am doing mkfifo /tmp/fifo.
> > mplayer -input file=/tmp/fifo video.mpg
> > then echo T > /tmp/fifo to bring the video to top
> > and it tells me:
> >
> > got command 'T' but
> > command tv_step_channel requires at least 1 argument
> >
> > and my video does not come to TOP.
> >
> > If I do echo p > /tmp/fifo it pauses just fine.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> 
> You have to send slave commands, not keypresses.

Are you sure? He didn't use -slave, just -input.

Rich