Re: mplayer with -loop 0 but w/o volume reset?
On Mon 02 Mar 2020 at 09:01:56 (-0000), Curt wrote:
> On 2020-03-02, Emanuel Berg <moasenwood@zoho.eu> wrote:
> > Can I use mplayer with -loop 0 _but_ with the
> > volume not resetting when the file ends and
> > begins again?
>
> It would seem a flabbergasting thing that a soft with a thousand flags wouldn't
> have one or two to set the volume. What have you tried so far?
>
> mplayer RainyMood.mp3 -loop 0 -volume 55 &
>
> ?
>
> I can't test this loopy hypothesis as I don't have mplayer installed on
> this machine.
>
> >From the man:
>
> -volume <-1-100> (also see -af volume)
>
> Set the startup volume in the mixer, either hardware or software (if
> used with -softvol). A value of -1 (the default) will not change the
> volume.
On my system, that doesn't work either. I used as an example:
$ mplayer -volume 50 -fs -loop 0 -softvol Youtube/Come\ Live\ With\ Me-_bVNd_sRlMk.mkv
which sets the volume at 50%, and changed it with / and * whilst
playing. The volume resets to 50% with each loop.
$ mplayer -volume -1 -fs -loop 0 -softvol Youtube/Come\ Live\ With\ Me-_bVNd_sRlMk.mkv
The volume starts at 100% with each loop, regardless of how it was
changed during playing.
$ mplayer -volume '-1' -fs -loop 0 -softvol Youtube/Come\ Live\ With\ Me-_bVNd_sRlMk.mkv
Ditto.
Actually, the -softvol is redundant here, as mplayer doesn't have
any effect on my ALSA mixer settings. (Which would it choose?)
> Maybe there ain't no way and you'll be obliged to switch to vlc or
> something.
I'm not sure I'd install vlc just for looping when mpv can handle it
satisfactorily already. What else would it buy me? (for 40 extra
packages including Recommends).
Cheers,
David.
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