// play file private void jButton_PlayActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) { try { p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec( "mplayer -slave -quiet /home/mario/willitblend_crop.mpg" ); BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader( p.getInputStream() )); PrintStream os = new PrintStream( p.getOutputStream() ); } catch(Exception e) { System.out.println(e.getMessage()); } } // pause mplayer private void jButton_SendCommandActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) { WriteToStdOut("pause"); } // write to stdout public void WriteToStdOut(String command) { try { OutputStreamWriter out = new OutputStreamWriter(p.getOutputStream()); out.write(command); out.close(); } catch(Exception e) { System.out.println(e.getMessage()); } }