MPlayer Tricks

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Invoke Mplayer on a random movie

Script to get MPlayer playing random movies (Futurama) in a given directory. I have caching enabled to allow wireless playback to be smooth. #!/bin/bash

mplayer -cache 15000 -fs `ls | shuf -n$1`

Stream HD Content over Wireless

Script I use to stream 720p/1080p movies over my 56mbps wireless that has a alot of noise from other nearby networks. #!/bin/bash

mplayer -cache 52000 -ao sdl -vfm ffmpeg -lavdopts lowres=1:fast:skiploopfilter=all -fs "$@"

Playing Sequential Episodes

Sometimes I will want to pick a certain number of episodes to a series to play. I do this by using bash's built in parameter expansion feature. $ mplayer Show.S01E0[123]*
$ mplayer Show.S01E{09,10}*