Hey Rocket!

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Linux version 5.9.1 (root@bitskii) (gcc (GCC) 10.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.35.1) #1 SMP Tue Oct 20 03:54:54 UTC 2020
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A few issues with 'mplayer -vo fbdev2' outstanding but it definetly is headed in the right direction. Hopefully kv-5.9.2 solves all the outstanding i915drmfb frame buffer device issues. I am regaining confidence that it will be sooner than later but that remains to be seen.

Speaking of mplayer this works perfectly from an xterm commandline;
mplayer -vo x11 <inset name of AV file here> -zoom
where the -zoom switch MUST be at the end of the commandline in order to successfully enable the 'f' key in order to switch on|off fullscreen mode. Works like a charm ... with absolutely no need for an overbloated and extremely annoying GUI interface.

Life is good,
Maurice

... Don't cry for me I have vi.
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Hallo Maurice!

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Linux version 5.4.66 (root@heatsink) (gcc version 10.2.0 (GCC)) #1 SMP Sat Sep 19 15:40:25 UTC 2020
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We've just noticeably fallen behind on this machine. We'll have to fix that.

mplayer -vo x11 <inset name of AV file here> -zoom

Not on this machine.

-={ "<Esc>:read !mplayer -vo help | sed 's/\t/ /g'" starts }=-
MPlayer 1.4-10.2.0 (C) 2000-2019 MPlayer Team
Available video output drivers:
fbdev Framebuffer Device
fbdev2 Framebuffer Device
v4l2 V4L2 MPEG Video Decoder Output
cvidix console VIDIX
null Null video output
mpegpes MPEG-PES to DVB card
yuv4mpeg yuv4mpeg output for mjpegtools
png PNG file
jpeg JPEG file
tga Targa output
pnm PPM/PGM/PGMYUV file
md5sum md5sum of each frame
-={ "<Esc>:read !mplayer -vo help | sed 's/\t/ /g'" ends }=-

We seem to be lacking xorg drivers. I am betting that there is no xorg on this machine so fbdev2 is the way to go.

Het leven is goed,
Maurice

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Hey Maurice!

mplayer -vo x11 <inset name of AV file here> -zoom

Not on this machine.

Same situation here except;

-={ "<Esc>:read !mplayer -vo help | sed 's/\t/ /g'" starts }=-
/bin/bash: mplayer: command not found
-={ "<Esc>:read !mplayer -vo help | sed 's/\t/ /g'" ends }=-

There is no mplayer on this machine nevermind xorg. Should we fix this? Offhand I don't see why given that 2/3's of us can easily take care of it. I say leave me out of it.

Life is good,
Maurice

... Don't cry for me I have vi.
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Re: the department of guided moosiles
By: Maurice Kinal to Rocket J. Squirrel on Wed Oct 21 2020 03:17 pm

Here's my $HOME/bin/fbplayer script, hope it helps:

clear
setterm -cursor off
mplayer -really-quiet -vo fbdev2 -vf scale=:-1 "$@"
setterm -cursor on
stty sane

###eof

My graphics device:

Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel

I am using Slackware 14.2 with MESA 13.0.6
and the 5.4.66 kernel (custom upgrades).
No X is running except by a necessity. Framebuffer. Videos play well.

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Hey Real!

Here's my $HOME/bin/fbplayer script, hope it helps

It works here on the console. However I add a ffmpeg one liner to determine the aspect ratio so that mplayers fullscreen can be determined and deployed. It lacks the ability that the x11 driver has so that the f key can toggle on/off fullscreen mode. That used to work on old matrox cards on the console.

and the 5.4.66 kernel

I am currently running kv5.4.72 which is the latest of the 5.4.x releases. It works great.

Life is good,
Maurice

... Betere byþ oft feðre þonne oferfeðre.
Better to be often loaded than overloaded.
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