Re: [MPlayer-users] BUG: "mplayer -identify" now plays

["Sycotic Smith" <sycotic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > D Richard Felker III wrote:
> > > couldn't both identify and show the movie at once (might not matter
> > > for local files, but consider a network stream.
> > I don't quite see the logic.. afair -identify printed script-edible output,
> > why would anyone need that, standard MPlayer output fits more to humans.
> 
> Consider a web interface to remotely start mplayer on a headless box
> connected to tvout... It might be nice for the web interface to parse
> and show you info about the file you're playing.
> 
> Rich

Just my $0.02 US on this topic... What was the FIRST reason this option was 
created?  IIRC, it was to show you what was in the container file and exit.  Am 
I right, or was it just exiting due to the break; or exit; within the parser 
for that option?  I would say if the addition was to have a way to get the 
details *without* having to give any other options, then it *should* exit after 
giving the details.  If it is there to parse the info and pass it along to say 
a GUI or frontend, then it is correct the way it is *now*.

If correct in its current incarnation, maybe there should be a different option 
that just gives this output?  As it stands - I am sure there are people out 
there that will disagree - this is idiotic to even have it included, since 
anyone can write a script to capture the same info from the normal output.  
*Forcing* the user to type an elongated cmdline just to find out this info is 
IMHO not the right idea.

Rich does have a point up there, but I just felt from a *USER* stand-point this 
topic needs to be clarified just a *tad* more.  So all-in-all, I wouldn't say 
this is a BUG, but rather a 'feature change request' by the original poster.

/S. Smith
-- 
______________________________________________
http://www.linuxmail.org/
Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr

Powered by Outblaze

_______________________________________________
RTFM!!!  http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu/DOCS
Search:  http://www.MPlayerHQ.hu/cgi-bin/htsearch
http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-users