On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:32:57PM +0100, Karol Blazewicz wrote:
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 8:48 PM, <coffeekingms@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 02:33:08AM +0800, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote:
On 31 October 2013 17:55, <coffeekingms@gmail.com> wrote:
hi Thanks for the help. That worked better than my attempts did, although now when I start mplayer with the alias I get the following: [fbdev2] Screensize is smaller than video size (1600x900 < 1600x1200) FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver. I used to run into these issues all the time. Am I missing anything, or is it just not possible to watch videos in console with mplayer?
Yes, this will happen if the scaling done by mplayer pushes either of the resolutions to go beyond the real screen estate. In my experience, this has never happened. As you can read from the manual:
"value>8 Set width to value and calculate height to keep correct aspect ratio."
I get the same errors as you if I issue -xy 1367. For some reason, the height is scaled beyond your screen area. Try with a lower value, that will leave just a bit of black around the video. Please also try a Big Buck Bunny video. [1]
When all else fails, issue -x and -y separately (which breaks aspect ratio, stretching where needed).
[1] http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/download/
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hi Thanks again for the help. Splitting the -x and -y values worked. The video is just a bit blurry, but I can't see too well, so that could either be my vision or an artifact of the stretching. In any case, it's more than good enough. i can finally watch videos in the console. Thanks Kendell clark
Can you please tell me * why not use mplayer2 as you did before? * why not use any player in X? hi I have no problem using mplayer2. However, is it still maintained by the mplayer2 devs? if so I can go back, but if not, I want something that's kept up-to-date. As for x, I have no problem with x, but I'm blind, so primarily use text mode. I can use x just fine, but console mode is much, much faster, and uses less memory, but I can use vlc to play videos in x. Thanks Kendell clark