In comp.sys.raspberry-pi, The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
> On 09/02/18 12:10, Michael Schütz wrote:
>> No. I'm logged in via ssh and the output shall be on a TV via hdmi.
> And how do you expect the Pi to form an HDMI picture without an X server?

WTF does an X server have to do with HDMI?

I have a Pi that I boot to getty and guess what? It shows me the text login
prompt on HDMI. I have no solution for Michael's problem, as I never use
vlc and don't know it's quirks, but I think you are leading him down
some crazy and irrelevant paths.

If I were Michael, I'd start looking at the various video output modules
in vlc to see what could be done with the non-X outputs.

https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Modules/

> I would rather have questions that cannot be answered...
> ...than to have answers that cannot be questioned
> Richard Feynman

Call this me questioning your answers.

Elijah
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hasn't done much video watching on Pi

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