Mercurial > mplayer.hg
changeset 15264:1692cd76d52a
better slave mode description
| author | diego |
|---|---|
| date | Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:20:21 +0000 |
| parents | e2a2311d1dda |
| children | 92772475ed8d |
| files | DOCS/tech/slave.txt |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/DOCS/tech/slave.txt Mon Apr 25 09:04:26 2005 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/tech/slave.txt Mon Apr 25 09:20:21 2005 +0000 @@ -1,15 +1,19 @@ SLAVE MODE PROTOCOL ------------------- +When run with the -slave option MPlayer will read commands separated by a +newline (\n) from stdin. This allows controlling MPlayer like a user would with +keypresses and command line options and is useful for building simple frontends. + Most slave mode commands are equivalent to command line options. Have a look at the man page for more detailed descriptions. -If the -slave option is given, playback is controlled by a line-based protocol. -Each line must contain one of the following commands: +All commands can be prefixed with "pausing ", causing MPlayer to pause as soon +as possible after processing the command. Please note that this can be before +the command is fully executed. -All commands can be prefixed with "pausing ", causing MPlayer to get into -paused mode as soon as possible after processing the command. -Please note that this can be before the command is fully executed. +Available commands: + seek <value> [<type>] Seek to some place in the movie.