VLC does have a console interface via ncurses. I have used it on my desktop system before under Arch Linux and it works quite well.
http://wiki.videolan.org/Console I don't know which OS you are using but I did a quick search on this forum and it seems that a VLC package is not available for Angstrom. But if you search the forums there are a bunch of posts for compiling it. On Saturday, 23 November 2013 23:14:24 UTC-5, Brent wrote: > > Thanks for the response, but I am not using a window manager, so I can't > use VLC. I need to be able to display the video on the frame buffer. I've > also tried ffmpeg, but no luck there either. > > On Saturday, November 23, 2013 10:50:43 PM UTC-5, Scott Force wrote: >> >> I am in the process of ordering my very first BeagleBone Black so I can't >> attest to how it plays videos. Maybe try a different video player such as >> VLC and see if it makes a difference. >> >> >> On Wednesday, 20 November 2013 15:15:06 UTC-5, Brent wrote: >>> >>> This should be straightforward, but I'm having some problems getting >>> this to work. Using mplayer, I use the following command: mplayer -ao alsa >>> -vo fbdev2 -zoom -x 800 -y 480 test.mpg >>> >>> Whenever I run this command, it shows the first frame, and then nothing >>> else. I've tried .avi, .mpg, and .mp4 files, but they all have the same >>> result. Has anyone been able to play videos on the BeagleBone Black? >>> >> -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
