[MPlayer-users] running mplayer in background on xubuntu

[Oliver Seitz]

> mplayer test.mpg&  ->  Runs, I can see the process, but do not get any
> output (I think it is intended?)

MPlayer waits for stdin to open to recieve console commands. Try

mplayer test.mpg </dev/null &

or

mplayer test.mpg -noconsolecontrols &

Greets,
Kiste