annotate TOOLS/mplmult.sh @ 27148:858c01b81117

r26502: Document rgbtest arguments r26057: Fix copy&paste typo in rgbtest documentation r26198: Grayscale encoding/decoding with FFmpeg is no longer enabled, remove references r26221: Try to fix the description of what mbcmp influences, please fix if I misunderstood the code. r26231: better syntax for A key r26232: added missing escapes r26260: Experimental support for -framedrop with -correct-pts. r26271: Mention that '-frames 0' is useful with -identify, closes bug #1046. r26273: add "ipod" to the list of formats handled by lavf r26297: compacted new libavformat's 'ipod' description r26402: Enable runtime control for colorful and/or module name output r26427: Restore grayscale decoding support with FFmpeg. r26449: 10L, forgot to commit the documentation for the -noconfig options. r26460: restore options alphabetical order r26650: Update documentation for the gl2 driver to make clear gl is usually preferred. r26674: add h264 to list of supported codecs r26732: Mark new options Michael committed as undocumented. r26739: Oops, remove stray .TP. r26749: -psprobe can be used in mpeg-pes streams, too r26762: Add a new suboption to -vo xv and -vo xvmc that allows selection r26763: Remove '(pass 1/2)' from some lavcopts. These options really worked on r26795: Add support for AppleIR Remote as an input under Linux systems. r26798: Document the -noar command-line option in en/fr manpages. r26806: Document x264's AQ options r26853: Update gl vo section with the new force-pbo suboption. r26909: Add a slave command to stop stream playback. r26979: small spelling/wording fixes r26986: Document VIDIXIVTVALPHA environment variable. r26997: Fix codec-specific options syntax declaration to be less confusing and wrong. r27057: Ability for specifying TV standard individually for each TV channel. r27132: Fix/restore the description of the rectangle video filter. previously applied: r27169: add missing escapes and full stops for scaletempo filter r27179: remove two trailing whitespaces

#!/bin/sh
# example how to output video on multiple windows in sync.
# might be even more useful in combination with vo ggi
# to distribute the video arbitrarily

dir=/tmp/$$
count=$1
shift

if test 0"$count" -lt 1; then
  echo "At least 1 slave instance must be used."
  echo ""
  echo "Usage:"
  echo "./mplmult.sh n mplayer-opts"
  echo "n              number of MPlayer instances that display the video"
  echo "mplayer-opts   anything you would specify to mplayer,"
  echo "               more than one file will usually not work"
  exit 1
fi

mkdir -m 700 $dir
if test $? -ne 0; then
  echo "Could not create temp dir!"
  exit 1
fi

mkfifo $dir/stream.yuv
i=1
fifo_list=""
while test $i -le $count; do
  fifo_list="$dir/mp$i $fifo_list"
  let i=$i+1
done

mkfifo $fifo_list
(cat $dir/stream.yuv | tee $fifo_list > /dev/null ) &
for fifo in $fifo_list; do
  # -benchmark is neccessary so that it will not do any timing.
  # the master instance already takes care of it and not specifying
  # it will break A-V sync.
  mplayer -nocache -quiet -benchmark "$fifo" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
done
mplayer -nocache -fixed-vo -vo yuv4mpeg:file=$dir/stream.yuv "$@"

rm -rf $dir