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play mp4 / h264 video on armbian 5.14 jessie server


Mark Drury

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Looking for some guidance on how to play mp4/h264 files from the command line.......tried numerous method but not getting any joy (mplayer / mpv).

 

Any definitive guide out there or help appreciated......pulling my hair out with this  

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Which "numerous" methods did you try? What are your issues?

2 examples of forum links

 

http://forum.armbian.com/index.php/topic/1031-mplayer-hardware-accelerated-videoplaying-on-orange-pi-pc-v12/

 

 

https://github.com/cubieplayer/Cubian/wiki/Simple-Video-Player

 

when using 

 

comes back with 'cannot connect to X server'

 

I am NOT running desktop with this install

no even sure if vdpau is installed ??

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https://github.com/linux-sunxi/libvdpau-sunxi

http://linux-sunxi.org/Cedrus/libvdpau-sunxi(maybe outdated at some points)

http://linux-sunxi.org/User:Rellla/Armbian(my personal "log")

http://forum.armbian.com/index.php/topic/1158-black-screen-mpv-player/?p=11764

 

Check these links, read them and then ask for help ;)

 

Regards

rellla

 

no even sure if vdpau is installed ??

Hint: When wanting to deal with libvdpau-sunxi and media on Allwinner development devices, you should work on being able to answer that question yourself first :P

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