Thanks for those links :) I'll be reading them right away, I think I'll make some scripts in replacement for those commands. It was my plan before but I thought if there would be an easier command option to use, I guess there was none since I can't find any options in the mplayer manual. btw, I'm using gnome
Elijah On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 12:38, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 11:37:31AM +0900, Elijah wrote: > > > 1. How do you perform a command to do things recursively? for example > > mplayer -vo xv -ao sdl *.mpg doesn't seem to work, also when I'm > > making zTXT files - mkztxt *.txt > > Take a look at shell scripting. Some applications natively support the > type of globbing that you're attempting with the above commands, but > many don't. In cases where they don't, you'll need to gather the files > and feed them to the application. This can easily be done with a few > shell script lines. > > A good place to start is: > > http://www.neoteric.nu/tutorials/bash.html > and > http://www.digitaltoad.net/docs/guide/advshell/ > > > 2. Now if I'm now able to do things recursively for mplayer and other > > commands, is there a way to use that command to randomly select a > > file? I figure it would be nice to have mplayer view my clips > > randomly. > > Again, shell scripting will help you here. > > > 3. Is there a way to re-position the window once it opened? mplayer > > always shows up in the upper left corner of the screen, which is > > annoying so what command or option do I need to position it somewhere > > I like? > > This would greatly depend on your window manager. Which window manager > are you using? > > -- > Jamin W. Collins -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
