TIP: Click on subject to list as thread! ANSI
echo: rberrypi
to: ALL
from: A. DUMAS
date: 2018-02-08 09:50:00
subject: Re: vlc

On 08/02/2018 08:01, Michael Schütz wrote:
> I'm logged in via ssh. When I start the vlc (vlc file.m2ts) it trys to
> play the video in the terminal. There is nothing at the hdmi port. The
> omxplayer plays over hdmi.

Yeah, omxplayer writes directly to the framebuffer ("video RAM"), vlc to
the regular screen. On ssh, you are not attached to the regular screen,
so you need to tell vlc to use it. Try this, not tested:

DISPLAY=:0 vlc file.m2ts

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: Agency HUB, Dunedin - New Zealand | FidoUsenet Gateway (3:770/3)

SOURCE: echomail via QWK@docsplace.org

Email questions or comments to sysop@ipingthereforeiam.com
All parts of this website painstakingly hand-crafted in the U.S.A.!
IPTIA BBS/MUD/Terminal/Game Server List, © 2025 IPTIA Consulting™.