[MPlayer-users] About - identify parameter with curly brackets ({})...

[Reimar Doeffinger]

On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 12:18:15AM +0300, actr.d wrote:
> mplayer  -quiet  -really-quiet   -identify
>  { { "1.avi" } -loop 2  { "2.avi" } } -loop 2 // identify parameter DO work each loop 
>   
> 2 times 1.avi and once 2.avi file information is displayed.
> 
> below line diffrent works from above line.
> 
> mplayer  -quiet  -really-quiet   -identify
>   { "1.avi" -loop 2  "2.avi" } -loop 2 // identify parameter DON'T work each loop 
> 
> once 1.avi and once 2.avi file information is displayed.
> 
> is it expected behavior or not ?

Yes, looping over a single file is implemented by seeking to the start of the file, not
by reloading it. This gives smoother looping for that case, but it also means
the file information is not printed again.