UsageCommand lineMPlayer utilizes a complex playtree. It consists
of global options written as first, for example
mplayer -vfm 5
and options written after filenames, that apply only to the given
filename/URL/whatever, for example:
mplayer -vfm 5 movie1.avi movie2.avi -vfm 4
You can group filenames/URLs together using { and
}. It's useful with option :
mplayer { 1.avi - loop 2 2.avi } -loop 3
The above command will play files in this order: 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2.
Playing a file:
mplayer [options] [path/]filename
Playing more files:
mplayer [default options] [path/]filename1 [options for filename1] filename2 [options for filename2] ...
Playing VCD:
mplayer [options] -vcd trackno [-cdrom-device /dev/cdrom]
Playing DVD:
mplayer [options] -dvd titleno [-dvd-device /dev/dvd]
Playing from the WWW:
mplayer [options] http://site.com/file.asf
(playlists can be used, too)
Playing from RTSP:
mplayer [options] rtsp://server.example.com/streamName
Latest versions of MPlayer also accepts VCD and
DVD tracks in URL style, just like Xine does:
mplayer dvd://1
or
mplayer vcd://1
Examples:
mplayer -vo x11 /mnt/Films/Contact/contact2.mpg
mplayer -vcd 2
mplayer -afm 3 /mnt/DVDtrailers/alien4.vob
mplayer -dvd 1 -dvd-device /dev/hdc
mplayer -abs 65536 -delay -0.4 -nobps ~/movies/test.aviControlMPlayer has a fully configurable, command
driven, control layer which lets you control
MPlayer with keyboard, mouse, joystick or remote
control (using LIRC). See the man page for the complete list of keyboard controls.
Controls configurationMPlayer allows you bind any key/button to any
MPlayer command using a simple config file. The syntax consist of a key
name followed by a command. The default config file location is
$HOME/.mplayer/input.conf but it can be overridden
using the option
(relative path are relative to $HOME/.mplayer).
A simple input control file
##
## MPlayer input control file
##
RIGHT seek +10
LEFT seek -10
- audio_delay 0.100
+ audio_delay -0.100
q quit
> pt_step 1
< pt_step -1
ENTER pt_step 1 1Key names
You can have a full list by running
mplayer -input keylist.
KeyboardAny printable characterSPACEENTERTABCTRLBSDELINSHOMEENDPGUPPGDWNESCRIGHTLEFTUPDOWNMouse (only supported under X)MOUSE_BTN0 (Left button)MOUSE_BTN1 (Right button)MOUSE_BTN2 (Middle button)MOUSE_BTN3 (Wheel)MOUSE_BTN4 (Wheel)...MOUSE_BTN9Joystick (support must be enabled at compile time)JOY_RIGHT or
JOY_AXIS0_PLUSJOY_LEFT or
JOY_AXIS0_MINUSJOY_UP or
JOY_AXIS1_MINUSJOY_DOWN or
JOY_AXIS1_PLUSJOY_AXIS2_PLUSJOY_AXIS2_MINUS...JOY_AXIS9_PLUSJOY_AXIS9_MINUSCommands
You can have a full list of known commands by running
mplayer -input cmdlist.
seek (int) val [(int) type=0]
Seek to some place in the movie.
Type 0 is a relative seek of +/- val seconds.
Type 1 seek to val % in the movie.
audio_delay (float) val
Adjust the audio delay of val seconds
quit
Quit MPlayerpause
Pause/unpause the playback
grap_frames
Somebody know ?
pt_step (int) val [(int) force=0]
Go to next/previous entry in playtree. Val sign tell the direction. If
no other entry is available in the given direction it won't do anything
unless force is non 0.
pt_up_step (int) val [(int) force=0]
Like pt_step but it jump to next/previous in the parent list. It's useful
to break inner loop in the playtree.
alt_src_step (int) val
When more than one source is available it select the next/previous one
(only supported by asx playlist).
sub_delay (float) val [(int) abs=0]
Adjust the subtitles delay of +/- val seconds or set it to val seconds
when abs is non zero.
osd [(int) level=-1]
Toggle osd mode or set it to level when level > 0.
volume (int) dirIncrease/decrease volume
contrast (int) val [(int) abs=0]
brightness (int) val [(int) abs=0]
hue (int) val [(int) abs=0]
saturation (int) val [(int) abs=0]
Set/Adjust video parameters. Val range from -100 to 100.
frame_drop [(int) type=-1]
Toggle/Set frame dropping mode.
sub_visibility
Adjust subtitles visibility.
sub_pos (int) val
Adjust subtitles position.
vobsub_lang
Change the language of VobSub subtitles.
vo_fullscreen
Switch fullscreen mode.
tv_step_channel (int) dir
Select next/previous tv channel.
tv_step_norm
Change TV norm.
tv_step_chanlist
Change channel list.
gui_loadfilegui_loadsubtitlegui_aboutgui_playgui_stopgui_playlistgui_preferencesgui_skinbrowser
GUI actions
Control from LIRC
Linux Infrared Remote Control - use an easy to build home-brewn IR-receiver,
an (almost) arbitrary remote control and control your linux box with it!
More about it at www.lirc.org.
If you have installed the lirc-package, configure will autodetect it. If
everything went fine, MPlayer will print a
message like "Setting up lirc support..."
on startup. If an error occurs it will tell you. If it doesn't tell you
anything about LIRC there's no support compiled in. That's it :-)
The application name for MPlayer is - oh wonder
- mplayer. You can use any mplayer commands and even
pass more than one command by separating them with \n.
Don't forget to enable the repeat flag in .lircrc when
it make sense (seek, volume, etc). Here's an excerpt from my
.lircrc:
begin
button = VOLUME_PLUS
prog = mplayer
config = volume 1
repeat = 1
end
begin
button = VOLUME_MINUS
prog = mplayer
config = volume -1
repeat = 1
end
begin
button = CD_PLAY
prog = mplayer
config = pause
end
begin
button = CD_STOP
prog = mplayer
config = seek 0 1\npause
end
If you don't like the standard location for the lirc-config file
(~/.lircrc) use the switch to specify another
file.
Slave mode
The slave mode allow you to build simple frontend to
MPlayer. When enabled (with the
option) MPlayer will
read commands separated by new line (\n) from stdin.
Streaming from network or pipesMPlayer can play files from network, using the
HTTP or MMS protocol.
Playing goes by simply using adding the URL to the command line.
MPlayer also honors the
http_proxy environment variable, and uses proxy if
available. Proxy usage can also be forced:
mplayer http_proxy://proxy.micorsops.com:3128/http://micorsops.com:80/stream.asfMPlayer can read from stdin
(not named pipes). This can be for example used to
play from FTP:
wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer -
Note: it's also recommended to enable CACHE when playback from network:
wget ftp://micorsops.com/something.avi -O - | mplayer -cache 8192 -Remote streams
Remote streams allow you to access most MPlayer
stream type from a remote host. The main purpose of this feature is to make
it possible to directly use the CD or DVD drive of another computer on the
network (provided you have the required bandwidth). On the downside some
stream type (currently TV and MF) are not useable remotely because they are
implemented at the demuxer level. It's sad for MF but TV stream would anyway
require an insane amount of bandwith.
Compiling the server
After having compiled MPlayer go to the
TOOLS/netstream directory and enter
make to build the server binary.
You can then copy the netstream binary
to the right place on your system (usually
/usr/local/bin on Linux).
Using remote streams
First you have to start the server on the computer you intend to remotely
access. Currently the server is very basic and doesn't have any commands
line arguments so just enter netstream. Now you can
for example play the second track of a VCD on the server with :
mplayer -cache 5000 mpst://servername/vcd://2
You can also access files on this server :
mplayer -cache 5000 mpst://servername//usr/local/movies/lol.avi
Note that paths wich aren't starting with a / will be relative to
the directory where the server is running. The cache option is not
needed but highly recommended.
Be aware that currently the server is not secure at all. So don't complain
about the numerous exploits wich are possible through this. Instead send
some (good) patch to make it better or start writing your own server.