21 Sep
2010
21 Sep
'10
5:53 a.m.
On Monday 20 Sep 2010, Nitesh Mistry wrote:
I want cron to play a certain mp3 file at a certain time. So I add the usual time parameters and add the following to the command field: /usr/bin/ffplay <path to my mp3 file>
But cron mails me an error which I have attached as text file.
ffplay appears to require a working X to function, and jobs run through cron will not have access to your X display (if any is running). You may be better off using a console-only MP3 player for this.
Regards,
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