> On 17 Feb 2023, at 00:49, Lorenzo <plore...@disroot.org> wrote: > > Control: tags -1 confirmed upstream > > Hello, > > On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:48:08 +0200 Bernard Jungen > <bern8...@euphonynet.be> wrote: >> Package: mplayer >> Version: 1.0~rc1-13 >> Severity: minor >> >> gmplayer enters infinite loop when doing the following: >> [...] >> As for mplayer, it continuously displays the error message if the >> file doesn't exist. > > This is still happening with mplayer 1.5 > > $ mplayer -loop 0 anyfile > MPlayer UNKNOWN-12 (C) 2000-2023 MPlayer Team > do_connect: could not connect to socket > connect: No such file or directory > Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote > control. > > Playing anyfile. > File not found: 'anyfile' > Failed to open anyfile. > > > Playing anyfile. > File not found: 'anyfile' > Failed to open anyfile.
As far as I know this is intentional and documented behaviour. It acts the same as if you had specified "anyfile" infinitely many times on the command-line. It is useful behaviour in case the file might be created or replaced. I suspect the behaviour you wanted is the one you get when you add -loop 0 after the file name.
