If VLC doesn't work or you don't want to try it then it would help if you could post the log\output from one of the video players.
On Saturday, 23 November 2013 23:34:49 UTC-5, Scott Force wrote: > > 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<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.videolan.org%2FConsole&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFZLmd5mQBWSF7rN_H5qpo8fOESgA> > > 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.
