[FFmpeg-user] why ffplay cannot decode a sequence that can be decoded by ffmpeg

[Moritz Barsnick]

On Thu, Jun 07, 2018 at 18:45:32 +0200, mohammed bey ahmed khernache wrote:
> I am using ssh, so I cannot run *ffplay *without "-nodisp" option.

In my case, that's no restriction, because ssh can tunnel X11. I do this once
in a while.

But tell me, what is the use case for "-nodisp"? You only have a video
stream, and you're not showing it. What are you doing?

Moritz