On Monday 14 May 2007, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > simultaneously splitted videos (sort of))':
> > >> mkfifo f1 > > >> mkfifo f2 > > >> mkfifo f3 > > >> mplayer whatever_options_you_want_and_make_it_write_to_stdout | tee > > >> f1 > > >> | tee f2 >f3 > > > Just one caveat, mplayer does not do output to stdout, > > So use another fifo. > To elaborate: > mkfifo queue > mkfifo vo1 > mkfifo vo2 > mkfifo vo3 > mplayer lots_of_options_and_write_output_to queue & > tee vo1 < queue | tee vo2 > vo3 & > or similar. I'm sorry to say that it just doesn't work. There's no way of getting two reads from the initial fifo mplayer creates. I'm trying to find the kernel patch that makes FIFOs readable in parallel by several processes. But, damn it, I can't find it right now. -- Javier Krausbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
