[MPlayer-users] mplayer bind keys to execute command

[Corey Hickey]

Jerry Geis wrote:
> I am looking how to bind a key with mplayer and execute a system command.
> 
> I found
> 
> ##
> ## MPlayer input control file
> ##
> 
> RIGHT seek +10
> LEFT seek -10
> - audio_delay 0.100
> + audio_delay -0.100
> q quit
>> pt_step 1
> < pt_step -1
> ENTER pt_step 1 1
> 
> but I cannot find an example of how to execute a linux command one the 
> RIGHT key being pressed.

You want to bind some program to a key? Try adding to input.conf a line 
like this:

v run some_program

That line will execute some_program whenever the 'v' key is pressed. You 
can give some_program a path if it's not in your PATH environment variable.

-Corey