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May
11
comment Command line audio player that exits immediately after file finished playing back?
PS: Thanks for the clarification of --no-one-instance (wasn't what I expected :))
May
11
comment Command line audio player that exits immediately after file finished playing back?
... to specify --play-and-exit; so finally, cvlc -q --play-and-exit /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo/service-logout.ogg does exit instantly - but any sounds shorter than a second, seem to be unreliably played back. Anyways, I'd like to know where does this delay come from, so I'll keep this question open for a while. Cheers!
May
11
comment Command line audio player that exits immediately after file finished playing back?
Many thanks for that, @Anthon - first of, this command completely failed for me; but that was because I hadn't initialized audio device for vlc (1.1.9) Preferences for this desktop environment. Once I set that, cvlc could play - but it kept looping the sound, which is a Playlist setting in Preferences. Once "Repeat all" was turned off, then it started playing - but it seems it has a problem with the .wav file used above, although no problems with .ogg. Finally, --no-one-instance seems to raise as process, but apparently for me it was more important ...
May
11
comment Command line audio player that exits immediately after file finished playing back?
Thanks for the comment @narco, +1 for effort; however, even this command starts the visualizer window - and keeps it hanging for a second, two or more, before exiting - so, same problem as in the OP (and additionally, with a window).
May
11
revised Command line audio player that exits immediately after file finished playing back?
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asked Command line audio player that exits immediately after file finished playing back?
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comment Limit memory usage for a single Linux process
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