On 2012-05-14 at 09:05, Brett wrote: > On Mon, 14 May 2012 07:11:11 -0400 compn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, 14 May 2012 15:47:49 +1000, Brett wrote: >> >>> Could it be changed to something like: >>> >>>-loop <number> >>> Loops movie playback <number> times. 0 means forever, and >>> should be used to keep (for example) streaming radio connected. >> >> would this work? 'Loops movie playback <number> times. 0 means >> forever. Use 0 to automatically reconnect to live streaming urls.' >> >> -compn > > Hi Compn, > > Yes that would work. Speaking for myself, if experiencing problems > with streams dropping out I would search for the word "stream" in > the man page, so this would be findable.
Five-and-a-half years later, t looks like no such change was ever made. As I agree that this would be worth documenting (although I can see in hindsight why this option would have that effect, it would never have occurred to me to try it for that purpose), I attach a patch to make the suggested change. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
Index: DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 =================================================================== --- DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 (revision 38008) +++ DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1 (working copy) @@ -1175,6 +1175,7 @@ .B \-loop <number> Loops movie playback <number> times. 0 means forever. +Use 0 to automatically reconnect to live streaming URLs. . .TP .B \-menu (OSD menu only)
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