[MPlayer-users] Display File Encoding

[Lionel Morrison]

Sorry for the late reply

Just wanted to say thanks for the info. I found that 'file' works very 
well for MP3's, M4a and AVI's. Not so well for other formats which is 
where the -identify switch came in very useful. I did notice that if 
your using an ssh window you need to specify -ao null -vo null other 
wise you will see errors complaining about X, which I guess is Backed up 
by what Cory has to say about the a/v drivers.


Corey Hickey wrote:
> The Wanderer wrote:
>   
>>> You can also use mplayer with -identify and a few options to stop it
>>>       
>> >from playing anything (-frames 0 -vo null -ao null).
>>
>>
>> The '-vo null' and '-ao null' options should not be necessary, since
>> '-frames 0' should prevent MPlayer from playing anything regardless.
>>     
>
> That's mostly true, though there are a couple situations where their use
> is necessary or desirable. For instance:
>
> * in a script; disabling audio/video output will make the identification
> slightly faster.
> * on a machine without any audio/video output facility; otherwise,
> mplayer might waste time trying all sorts of output drivers before
> giving up.
>
> -Corey
>
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