Re: Movies in console

["Rabin Vincent" <r.vincent@iu-bremen.de>]

Hi,

* Ralph Bacolod <rafiks_rb@yahoo.com> [2003-12-08 13:19]:
> Hi! Is it possible to watch a movie in the console . Do i need the
> framebuffer for this?

To play videos with out going to X (with mplayer) you'll need to use the
framebuffer or the SVGA lib as output.

Using: 
    mplayer -vo fbdev file.mpg
	
or:
    mplayer -vo svga file.mpg
	
should work from the console. 

    mplayer -vo help

gives a list of the available video output drivers.

I'm not sure about other media players.

Rabin

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Rabin Vincent
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