Run Mplayer after boot

[evertvaningen]

I want Mplayer to automatically start playing music after boot.

I tried

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echo "mplayer http://91.221.151.155:80/;?.mp3" > ~/.X.d/Playradio
No luck.

I read https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=166565 but I don't know how to do all that stuff.

[Misalf]

I'd try

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echo 'xterm -e mplayer "http://91.221.151.155:80/;?.mp3"' > ~/.X.d/Playradio


[Misalf]

Or your network isn't up yet

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{
SEC=60
while [ $SEC -gt 0 ]; do
ifconfig | grep -q "Bcast" && break || sleep 1
echo -ne "Waiting for IP... $((SEC--)) \r"
done
mplayer "http://91.221.151.155:80/;?.mp3"
} &


[evertvaningen]

Or your network isn't up yet

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{
SEC=60
while [ $SEC -gt 0 ]; do
ifconfig | grep -q "Bcast" && break || sleep 1
echo -ne "Waiting for IP... $((SEC--)) \r"
done
mplayer "http://91.221.151.155:80/;?.mp3"
} &


This looks great but how can I implement this?

[Misalf]

Just put it in your ~/.X.d/Playradio  start script

[Misalf]

In the thread you posted the link to, they ping the server until it pongs back.
Might make sense.

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{
while true; do ping -c1 91.221.151.155 && break || sleep 1; done
xterm -e mplayer "http://91.221.151.155:80/;?.mp3"
} &


[evertvaningen]

In the thread you posted the link to, they ping the server until it pongs back.
Might make sense.

Code: [Select]

{
while true; do ping -c1 91.221.151.155 && break || sleep 1; done
xterm -e mplayer "http://91.221.151.155:80/;?.mp3"
} &


It does open after boot but there is no sound. AlsaMixer tells me there is sound.
speaker-test: not found... :s

Getting tired of all these weird problems all the time...
Reinstalling and try again.

Install alsa.tcz

$echo "amixer set "Master" 39 unmute" > ~/.X.d/alsaunmute

To test the audio
$ speaker-test -Ddefault:0 -c2 -t wav -l1

After clean install speaker-test still missing?

[evertvaningen]

In the thread you posted the link to, they ping the server until it pongs back.
Might make sense.

Code: [Select]

{
while true; do ping -c1 91.221.151.155 && break || sleep 1; done
xterm -e mplayer "http://91.221.151.155:80/;?.mp3"
} &


It does open after boot but there is no sound. AlsaMixer tells me there is sound.
speaker-test: not found... :s

Getting tired of all these weird problems all the time...
Reinstalling and try again.

Install alsa.tcz

$echo "amixer set "Master" 39 unmute" > ~/.X.d/alsaunmute

To test the audio
$ speaker-test -Ddefault:0 -c2 -t wav -l1

After clean install speaker-test still missing?

Auto play Mplayer is now with sound so all is good.

I installed Alsa-Config...

[evertvaningen]

I get the error

Cache empty, consider increasing -cache and/or -cash=min. [performance issue]

then it resumes 0.1 sec... get the error again and then the program exits.

Any way to fix this?

Something like...?
$mplayer http://91.221.151.155:80/;?.mp3 -cache

[curaga]

That's not why it exits. Look at the whole log.