Bug#418855: (g)mplayer enters infinite loop when using -loop 0
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On Fri, 17 Feb 2023 18:02:52 +0100 =?utf-8?Q?Reimar_D=C3=B6ffinger?=
<Reimar.Doeffinger@gmx.de> wrote:
> [...]
>
> 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.
>
Hi,
This make sense but it's not obvious to me; it probably can inferred by
looking at
> mplayer [options] file1 [specific options] [file2] [specific options]
from the man page and guess that using as [options] or [specific
options] has a different behavior but I think few lines clarifying this
in the manpage would help.
I propose to add an example, something like the following
--- ./mplayer.1-orig 2024-01-26 13:20:30.505892551 +0100
+++ ./mplayer.1 2024-01-31 18:20:14.448481244 +0100
@@ -1178,7 +1178,15 @@
.B \-loop <number>
Loops movie playback <number> times.
0 means forever.
-Use \-loop 0 to automatically reconnect to live streaming URLs.
+Use
+.br
+mplayer \-loop 0 URL
+.br
+to automatically reconnect to live streaming URLs; use
+.br
+mplayer file -loop n
+.br
+to loop n times over file.
.
.TP
.B \-menu (OSD menu only)
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