Re: Anyone know how to do a "timed program" with mplayer?

[Oliver Lupton <oliverlupton@gmail.com>]

Adam Funk wrote:

> I can listen to a continuously ogg-streaming radio station with this
> command:
>
> mplayer http://engine.collegemedia.vt.edu:8000/wuvt.ogg
>
> and I've successfully recorded (using scripts and at) fixed-duration
> RealPlayer radio shows to .wav to listen to them later.  But I'd like to
> record a specific show tonight from the continuous live ogg stream.
>
> I suppose I could set up an at job to start recording at 18:30 and another
> to "killall mplayer" at 20:00, but I think that might cause problems (and
> it's hideously inelegant).
>
> Is there a better way?
>
>
>  
I guess this isn't the neatest either, but how about using mplayer's 
slave mode (-slave), so it reads for commands from stdin. And have a 
simple script which sleeps for 1:30 and then prints whatever mplayer's 
stop command is to mplayer?

As I said it's not the neatest, but it's neater than killall mplayer :)

Cheers,

-ol