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authorJames Ross-Gowan <rossymiles@gmail.com>2016-01-06 23:08:13 +1100
committerJames Ross-Gowan <rossymiles@gmail.com>2016-01-07 23:37:06 +1100
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win32: fix fd://
Windows definitely supports Unix-style fd inheritance. This mostly worked when launched from mpv.exe, though mpv should change the file mode to O_BINARY. When launched from mpv.com, the wrapper must pass the list of handles (stored in the undocumented lpReserved2 and cbReserved2 fields) to the mpv process.
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diff --git a/DOCS/man/mpv.rst b/DOCS/man/mpv.rst
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@@ -654,9 +654,8 @@ PROTOCOLS
absolute path.
``fd://123``
- Read data from the given UNIX FD (for example 123). This is similar to
- piping data to stdin via ``-``, but can use an arbitrary file descriptor.
- Will not work correctly on MS Windows.
+ Read data from the given file descriptor (for example 123). This is similar
+ to piping data to stdin via ``-``, but can use an arbitrary file descriptor.
``edl://[edl specification as in edl-mpv.rst]``
Stitch together parts of multiple files and play them.