starting moc from the command line

Submitted by eyolf on Mon, 2007-07-02 22:03

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This is probably a stupid question with a very simple solution, but here goes:
I've been playing around with the various command line options, but I haven't found a way to properly do what I want: from some other app (krusader/konqueror) start moc in a new console window, playing the selected file(s), and staying open. I.e. I want to be able to use mocp as the default media player, integrated with kde.
I can do one or the other, but not both:
xterm -e mocp somefile.mp3 opens moc alright, but it doesn't start playback, and
xterm -e mocp -p somefile.mp3 starts playback, but the interface closes down.
Other combinations seem to give variants of this behaviour. What am I doing wrong?

golemj

Tue, 2007-07-03 09:15

Did you tried this:
xterm -e mocp & mocp -p somefile.mp3

or creating script playFileInNewXterm.sh:
<br /> xterm -e mocp &amp;<br /> mocp -p $1<br />

and setting into konqueror playFileInNewXterm.sh somefile.mp3?
I think that at least second variant should work every time.

eyolf

Tue, 2007-07-03 12:50

Thanks, that worked.
However, now the terminals behave badly in various ways. In xterm and konsole, the interface is not drawn correctly; everything is a mess, and as the song plays, each new updated line (the timer, e.g.) gets a new line.
In mrxvt, I get the output: "mrxvt: Invalid keysym left. Skipping macro" and the same for keysym right. I have left and right defined to seek forward and backwards.
Any clues?

golemj

Tue, 2007-07-03 15:31

sorry no idea xterm/konsole/urxvt -e mocp works for me fine