On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 02:33:08AM +0800, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote: > On 31 October 2013 17:55, <coffeekingms@xxxxxxxxx> 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/ > > > -- > GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1 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
