I am writing a java application for mplayer. Most people are saying why use java....I am doing this has a grad project of sorts. I use Mplayer as an engine of sorts. My question are this: 1) I use slave mode to interface with mplayer(props to mplayer for that), I can run the commands that I need with that. The only problem is how do I retrieve the current time and total length of file. I am reading standard in, is there some way to pipe just the time out? 2) Also is there a way to get the info of a song, such as Artist, Genre...etc. with Mplayer? 3) Another thing, is there a way to start Mplayer without the info that comes up every time you start the app? later, shane Bradley Go Canes... _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail