Thread: problem with c++, mplayer interface.

anyone with c++ and mplayer knowledge know whats wrong with this?

Code:

#include <string.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>

class mplayer_interface
{
    private:

    FILE *mp_pipe;

    public:
    void setup()
    {
        mp_pipe = popen("mplayer -slave -quiet -idle &> /dev/null", "w");
    }
    void close()
    {
        pclose(mp_pipe);
    }
    void play( )
    {
        fputs("loadlist ./data/.currentplaylist\n", mp_pipe);
    }
    void stop()
    {
        fputs("stop\n", mp_pipe);
    }
};

void cd_to_exe_dir( char *argv[] )
{
    std::string path = argv[0];
    int ii = path.length();
    while ( !( path[ii] == '/' || path[ii] == '\\' ) )
    {
        ii--;
    }
    path.erase( ii, 100 );
    chdir( path.c_str() );
}

int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
    cd_to_exe_dir( argv );
    mplayer_interface mplayer;
    mplayer.setup();
    mplayer.play();
    std::string userI;
    while ( strcmp( userI.c_str(), "exit") != 0 )
    {
        std::cout<<'>';
        std::cin>>userI;
    }
    mplayer.stop();
    mplayer.close();
    return(0);
}

nothing plays until i type exit, then mplayer plays the first half second of the first file in ./data/.currentplaylist. i want it to play until exit is typed.