[MPlayer-users] Slave mode over the network

[Oliver Seitz]

> Hello,
>
> I would like to control mplayer over the network.
> I somewhat understand the slave mode with named pipe.
> Unfortunately named pipes work only on the local machine.
> Is there a way to interface with a named pipe over the network (maybe
> with something like an echo service that forward what is received on the
> port to the local pipe) or is there another way to control mplayer in
> slave mode without going through fifo file?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Emmanuel Mayssat

It's really got nothing to do with MPlayer, but it's probably netcat (nc)
what you're looking for.

Greets,
Kiste