comparison DOCS/tech/slave.txt @ 29858:9ad7e1eb5ad1

Add a "tips and tricks" section to the slave mode documentation. Hopefully will help in using some of its rather obscure features.

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prefix, with which MPlayer will not exit the pause loop at all.
Like this you can avoid the "frame stepping" effect of "pausing_keep "
but most commands will either not work at all or behave in unexpected ways.
For "set_mouse_pos" and "key_down_event", "pausing_keep_force" is the default
since other values do not make much sense for them.


Available commands ('mplayer -input cmdlist' will print a list):

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prefix, with which MPlayer will not exit the pause loop at all.
Like this you can avoid the "frame stepping" effect of "pausing_keep "
but most commands will either not work at all or behave in unexpected ways.
For "set_mouse_pos" and "key_down_event", "pausing_keep_force" is the default
since other values do not make much sense for them.


Various tips and tricks (please help expand it!):

- Try using something like
    pausing_keep_force pt_step 1
    get_property pause
  to switch to the next file. It avoids audio playback starting to play
  the old file for a short time before switching to the new one.


Available commands ('mplayer -input cmdlist' will print a list):