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Re: [emms-help] [PATCH] mpv player
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Yoni Rabkin |
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Re: [emms-help] [PATCH] mpv player |
Date: |
Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:22:56 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) |
Petteri Hintsanen <address@hidden> writes:
> Hello,
>
> Regarding old mpv versions: Ubuntu 14.04 has a fairly old version 0.3.4.
> It does not support --ipc-unix-socket, but it does have --input-file,
> which can be FIFO as well. I think that would be the best approach to
> control mpv from EMMS: besides being simple file I/O, it would probably
> work with virtually any mpv version in use.
Yes, that's the version I have on Trisquel.
> The only problem now is that I cannot find any portable way to create
> FIFOs in elisp (mpv does not create one but assumes an existing FIFO).
> Any suggestions on how to do this? Or should I ask for advice on
> emacs-help?
Nothing comes off of the top of my head.
Since it's possible to install Guix with a newer version of mpv even on
older distros, I would recommend not supporting older versions unless
you have time to spare.
I'll look into the FIFO issue when I have time.
Thanks!
> Thanks,
> Petteri
>
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