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| howtos:software:mplayer [2012/10/20 00:00 (UTC)] – aschyiel | howtos:software:mplayer [2012/10/20 00:07 (UTC)] – aschyiel | ||
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| == What is mplayer? == | == What is mplayer? == | ||
| - | Basically, mplayer is a command-line | + | Basically, mplayer is a command-line |
| - | Because mplayer doesn' | + | Because mplayer doesn' |
| == How to invoke mplayer == | == How to invoke mplayer == | ||
| + | Below are a couple of basic ways of calling mplayer. | ||
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| == Useful shortcut keys == | == Useful shortcut keys == | ||
| - | While running, mplayer can be controlled additional keyboard input. | + | While running, mplayer can be controlled |
| Some simple but memorable shortcuts: | Some simple but memorable shortcuts: | ||
| - | spacebar - Toggles pause/ | + | * spacebar - Toggles pause/ |
| - | return - Next track. | + | |
| == Gotchas == | == Gotchas == | ||
| Don't accidentally hit the arrow keys while mplayer is running; It will alter the audio playback speed (quite annoying). | Don't accidentally hit the arrow keys while mplayer is running; It will alter the audio playback speed (quite annoying). | ||
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| + | == Playlists == | ||
| + | You can also tell mplayer to play tracks from a playlist. | ||
| + | Below are some examples: | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | < | ||
| + | $ mplayer | ||
| + | </ | ||
