[MPlayer-users] Scripting MPlayer try 2

[pnunn]

OK... I've just discovered that this behaviour is also seen if I run 
mplayer -vo x11 -fixed-vo -slave -quiet -fs filename from the command line 
and then add another file with loadfile file2.

mplayer also ends when the clip finishes, despite the -quiet command line.

This is getting to be very annoying...

Thanks.

Peter.
On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:59:42 pm pnunn wrote:
> Thanks Kevin,
>
> I tried adding to the command line however I still get the same response.
>
> I tried removing the -fixed-vo line, but that results in the same sort of
> thing happening as happens with the non slave commands in that it drops
> back to the background screen between each play and at the end of the final
> clip, drops back again to the screen.
>
> There is only one instance of mplayer active when I have the small screen
> sitting on top of the full screen too.
>
> Any more ideas anyone.. please..
>
> thanks.
>
> Peter.
>
> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:59:15 pm Kevin DeKorte wrote:
> > Jack Smith wrote:
> > > On 9/14/07, pnunn <pnunn at infoteq.com.au> wrote:
> > >> Thanks to the help of Gullaume and Jack I've got closer to where I
> > >> need to be with this scripting problem I'm having.
> > >>
> > >> I've managed to get a script running as....
> > >>
> > >> #!/bin/bash
> > >>
> > >> loop=1
> > >> while [ $loop -gt 0 ]; do
> > >>         for X in ../Download/*.mp4
> > >>         do
> > >>                 ./getfix
> > >>                 echo $X>>fixlog
> > >>                 #mplayer -vo xll -really-quiet -noboarder -fs $X
> > >>                 mplayer -vo x11 -really-quiet -noborder -fs echo $X
> > >> &>/dev/null
> > >>         done
> > >>         #for debugging
> > >>         echo $loop>>fixlog
> > >>         let loop=loop+1
> > >> done
> > >>
> > >> which happily plays and logs the files in the directory.  However,
> > >> between each movie, it drops back briefly to the background screen
> > >> which I can't let happen.
> > >>
> > >> So.. I started looking at slave mode.
> > >>
> > >> I used the command line
> > >>
> > >> mplayer -fs -fixed-vo -slave -idle -input
> > >> file=/home/pnunn/.mplayer/pipe
> > >>
> > >> after creating the pipe and by sending a file to the pipe with
> > >>
> > >>  echo "loadfile /home/pnunn/Download/robot-chicken-gummy-bear.mp4 1"
> > >>
> > >>> /home/pnunn/.mplayer/pipe
> > >>
> > >> the first file plays just fine.  When it ends, the screen stays up and
> > >> I thought I was nearly there.
> > >>
> > >> however, when I send another file to the pipe, it plays in a small
> > >> window in the top corner of the screen (not full screen).. also, I
> > >> need a way for the script to be able to determine when the playing
> > >> file has finished so that it can log the information I need and start
> > >> the next one.
> > >
> > > I ran into a small screen/full screen problem myself if an older
> > > screen doesn't go away.  If you do a ps -ef | grep mplayer do you have
> > > two of them running?
> > > Jack
> >
> > Maybe add
> >
> > -vo x11 -zoom
> >
> > to your command line?
> >
> > Kevin
>
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