Mplayer backend example

• To use mplayer -input cmdlist finds out which command that can support by slave mode
• The slave mode reference
• http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/tech/slave.txt
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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>


using namespace std;

int main()
{
        int   pipefd[2] = {0};

        if(pipe(pipefd) != 0) {
                printf("pipe open failed\n");
        }

        if(fork() != 0) {
                string command;
                close(pipefd[0]);

                while(1) {
                        cout << "command:";
                        cin >> command;
                        command += "\n";

                        write(pipefd[1], command.c_str(), command.length());

                }
        } else {
                dup2(pipefd[0], fileno(stdin));

                execl("/usr/bin/mplayer", "mplayer",
                      "-slave", "-fs", "-osdlevel", "0", "-really-quiet",
                      "-input", "nodefault-bindings", "-noconfig", "all",
                      "/home/archer/Videos/300_Trailer2_8mbps_1080p29.98_5.1.wmv", NULL);
        }

        return 0;
}