[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] FAQ (was Re: [MPlayer-users] Resizing annoyance...)

[Diego Biurrun]

Alexander Werth (gmx) writes:
 > Am Don, 2002-02-14 um 01.35 schrieb Diego Biurrun:
 > > and also fixes a small typo:
 > > 
 > > Use : mplayer <options> <filename> < /dev/null &
 > > 
 > > should be
 > > 
 > > Use : mplayer <options> <filename> > /dev/null &
 > 
 > Actually the original one is right. 
 > MPlayer tries to read from stdin and bash stops the process then.
 > This could by avoided by providing a fake stdin stream.
 > Alexander Werth

No, the corrected one is right.  Mplayer plays the file in the
background and the output is directed into limbo (/dev/null) so that
you can continue using your console.

With < /dev/null mplayer would be reading from /dev/null and not from
stdin, wouldn't it?

Diego