[MPlayer-users] Scripting MPlayer try 2

[pnunn]

Thanks Kevin,

I tried adding to the command line however I still get the same response.

I tried removing the -fixed-vo line, but that results in the same sort of 
thing happening as happens with the non slave commands in that it drops back 
to the background screen between each play and at the end of the final clip, 
drops back again to the screen.

There is only one instance of mplayer active when I have the small screen 
sitting on top of the full screen too.

Any more ideas anyone.. please..

thanks.

Peter.

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:59:15 pm Kevin DeKorte wrote:
> Jack Smith wrote:
> > On 9/14/07, pnunn <pnunn at infoteq.com.au> wrote:
> >> Thanks to the help of Gullaume and Jack I've got closer to where I need
> >> to be with this scripting problem I'm having.
> >>
> >> I've managed to get a script running as....
> >>
> >> #!/bin/bash
> >>
> >> loop=1
> >> while [ $loop -gt 0 ]; do
> >>         for X in ../Download/*.mp4
> >>         do
> >>                 ./getfix
> >>                 echo $X>>fixlog
> >>                 #mplayer -vo xll -really-quiet -noboarder -fs $X
> >>                 mplayer -vo x11 -really-quiet -noborder -fs echo $X
> >> &>/dev/null
> >>         done
> >>         #for debugging
> >>         echo $loop>>fixlog
> >>         let loop=loop+1
> >> done
> >>
> >> which happily plays and logs the files in the directory.  However,
> >> between each movie, it drops back briefly to the background screen which
> >> I can't let happen.
> >>
> >> So.. I started looking at slave mode.
> >>
> >> I used the command line
> >>
> >> mplayer -fs -fixed-vo -slave -idle -input file=/home/pnunn/.mplayer/pipe
> >>
> >> after creating the pipe and by sending a file to the pipe with
> >>
> >>  echo "loadfile /home/pnunn/Download/robot-chicken-gummy-bear.mp4 1"
> >>
> >>> /home/pnunn/.mplayer/pipe
> >>
> >> the first file plays just fine.  When it ends, the screen stays up and I
> >> thought I was nearly there.
> >>
> >> however, when I send another file to the pipe, it plays in a small
> >> window in the top corner of the screen (not full screen).. also, I need
> >> a way for the script to be able to determine when the playing file has
> >> finished so that it can log the information I need and start the next
> >> one.
> >
> > I ran into a small screen/full screen problem myself if an older
> > screen doesn't go away.  If you do a ps -ef | grep mplayer do you have
> > two of them running?
> > Jack
>
> Maybe add
>
> -vo x11 -zoom
>
> to your command line?
>
> Kevin