MPlayer command line usage

Phishfry

Phishfry

I am attempting to view some videos on the FreeBSD 11.1 command line.
Installed multimedia/mplayer and I am trying to use it like this:
mplayer -vo dga drop.avi

So what do I need to use DGA? Direct Graphics Access.
Should I use SDL ?
Code: 
root@TV:~ # mplayer -vo 'sdl-dga' drop.avi
MPlayer SVN-r37946-snapshot-3.8.0 (C) 2000-2017 MPlayer Team

Playing drop.avi.
libavformat version 57.71.100 (external)
AVI file format detected.
[aviheader] Video stream found, -vid 0
AVI: No audio stream found -> no sound.
VIDEO:  [IV41]  256x240  24bpp  30.000 fps  882.5 kbps (107.7 kbyte/s)
Error opening/initializing the selected video_out (-vo) device.
No stream found.


Exiting... (End of file)




Can i view/use mplayer over an ssh connection? How about over a serial console.

Thanks
 
Looking at freshports the option is turned on for a pkg:
X11DGA=on: X11 DGA video driver support

While SDL is not :
SDL=off: Simple Direct Media Layer support
 
For X forwarding to work you will need to have an Xserver running on your client, and connect with ssh(1) which has -X turned on. The receiving sshd(8) also need to have X11forwarding enabled.
 
My bad DGA is only for Xorg command prompt.

So it seems like this would work for MPlayer
"#5 SVGAlib: a low level console graphics layer"

Are there any command line video players not needing Xorg install?
 
SVGA lib should work but not over a character based connection like ssh(1) or serial. It should work when you actually sit at the console typing the commands.
 
Yes I have access to the actual command prompt and I am using that.
In the future I may use a console only box. Just testing the capabilities to see what is feasible.

So i see this -mplayer package is built with SVGAlib off:
Code: 
SVGALIB=off: SVGA graphics support
So i may build it from ports to check it out.
 
The problem if you'll use X11 forwarding, is that sound will play on a server, while you'll see video output via mplayer.
But here is how it should work:
1. add "X11Forwarding yes" to /etc/ssh/sshd_config on a server.
2. restart sshd (on a server # service sshd restart).
3. connect to server via ssh -Y name@X.X.X.X (or ssh -Y name@X.X.X.X mplayer video.avi)
4. run % mplayer video.avi
5. watch muted movie :)

Of course, if it will be a porno movie (or at least erotic :) ), it will be not such a big issue if it will be with no sound :D
 
ILUXA said:
The problem if you'll use X11 forwarding, is that sound will play on a server, while you'll see video output via mplayer.
But here is how it should work:
1. add "X11Forwarding yes" to /etc/ssh/sshd_config on a server.
2. restart sshd (on a server # service sshd restart).
3. connect to server via ssh -Y name@X.X.X.X (or ssh -Y name@X.X.X.X mplayer video.avi)
4. run % mplayer video.avi
5. watch muted movie :)
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Solution: Compile mplayer with SNDIO=on.

Then
  1. Run an Xserver on your client.
  2. add "X11Forwarding yes" to /etc/ssh/sshd_config on a server.
  3. restart sshd (on a server).
  4. start sndiod on client: sndiod -L localhost
  5. connect to server via ssh -R11025:localhost:11025 -Y name@X.X.X.X
  6. run env AUDIODEVICE=snd@localhost/0 mplayer -ao sndio video.avi
  7. watch movie with full audio :)
SCNR :D
 
Thanks All
I did my first X11Forwarding session without a hiccup.
Video was not smooth but not terrible considering a wifi client over ssh.

I need it simply to check if my TVTuner captures are successful. No quality needed.
 
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