[MPlayer-users] mplayer position

[Vinay Reddy]

> > Sorry for bugging again, but is the above possible in mplayer?
> 
> No, but it would be possible for a front-end to include that
> functionality.

Could you please give me some pointers? 

If I have to get the position of mplayer outside of the slave mode,
then how will I know when mplayer is being closed? By the time I get a
IO_HUP signal, mplayer window would have already closed.

Thanks in advance,
Vinay Reddy