Console Mode Video Player

Hello,
I'm looking for a video player that would work in console such Moc for music that uses the an ncurses-based library.

if you know, thank you

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Originally Posted by Rhett

Hello,
I'm looking for a video player that would work in console such Moc for music that uses the an ncurses-based library.

if you know, thank you

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Hello,

MPlayer with the fbdev video driver

Code:

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$ Mplayer-vo fbdev

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According to the distribution you are using, you may be there to recompile the program to include this driver.

I saw that vlc can also run in console, like mplayer . mplayer it to activate the framebuffer (from what I read, not tested). I tried vlc, I do come to nothing if not bugs ... short, it seems not to exist software as I wish ..

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Rhett

I saw that vlc can also run in console, like mplayer . mplayer it to activate the framebuffer (from what I read, not tested). I tried vlc, I do come to nothing if not bugs ... short, it seems not to exist software as I wish ..

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And MPlayer, have you tested? Me yes, and it works very well.

I have not tested yet, but I intend to do.

You need to also either enable framebuffer, or use some text-mode output for mplayer. By default the console is text-only environment.

Code:

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mplayer /path/to/file.avi -vo aa

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so to use mplayer to play directly to the framebuffer (if you dont have a windowing system) you need to play videos using this format:

mplayer /path/to/file.avi -vo aa


But what is:

Mplayer-vo fbdev

used for?

so to use mplayer to play directly to the framebuffer (if you dont have a windowing system) you need to play videos using this format:

mplayer /path/to/file.avi -vo aa


But what is:

Mplayer-vo fbdev

used for?

It is a very simple patch to make, however, and is compatible with the current
"geometry"-parameter, used for other video output devices.The MPlayer offers dozen of video output options you can use to change the way the video file is showed such as '-brightness', '-contrast', '-fs' fullscreen playback, '-geometry', '-saturation' and more. It is particularly useful for some devices that only support basic framebuffer output, and need some way to position the output on screen. The patch adds x- and y-positioning to vo_fbdev.c via the geometry parameter. You will always have to input the real screenwidth and -height for this parameter to work. The width- and height parameters of geometry are ignored.

Ok but is -vo fbdev used when playing the avi or -vo aa used?