[MPlayer-users] playing file from a remote server to its monitor

[Pierpaolo gullˆa]

Hi guys ,

I have one videoserver that have installed ubuntu 8.04 desktop edition
and latest mplayer from the ubuntu repository.



I want to connect to this server via ssh , and launch mplayer to playing
a file , and sending the output to the server's screen .

The server has gnome installed , and so x11.

I do this command

#mplayer /root/72.mpg -vo help
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.3 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU     T7700  @ 2.40GHz (Family: 6, Model:
15, Stepping: 11)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.
Available video output drivers:
    xmga    Matrox G200/G4x0/G550 overlay in X11 window (using /dev/mga_vid)
    mga    Matrox G200/G4x0/G550 overlay (/dev/mga_vid)
    tdfxfb    3Dfx Banshee/Voodoo3/Voodoo5
    3dfx    3dfx (/dev/3dfx)
    xv    X11/Xv
    x11    X11 ( XImage/Shm )
    xover    General X11 driver for overlay capable video output drivers
    gl    X11 (OpenGL)
    gl2    X11 (OpenGL) - multiple textures version
    dga    DGA ( Direct Graphic Access V2.0 )
    sdl    SDL YUV/RGB/BGR renderer (SDL v1.1.7+ only!)
    ggi    General Graphics Interface (GGI) output
    fbdev    Framebuffer Device
    fbdev2    Framebuffer Device
    svga    SVGAlib
    aa    AAlib
    caca    libcaca
    dxr3    DXR3/H+ video out
    v4l2    V4L2 MPEG Video Decoder Output
    xvidix    X11 (VIDIX)
    cvidix    console VIDIX
    null    Null video output
    xvmc    XVideo Motion Compensation
    mpegpes    Mpeg-PES to DVB card
    yuv4mpeg    yuv4mpeg output for mjpegtools
    png    PNG file
    jpeg    JPEG file
    gif89a    animated GIF output
    tga    Targa output
    pnm    PPM/PGM/PGMYUV file
    md5sum    md5sum of each frame




I try all this driver on newer I can see the video on the server monitor
. The audio works well , but the video not.

During my try i follow 2 way:

1 ) to have root user logged in the gnome and , from another pc , in the
ssh console

2) only to have logged the user in the ssh console


And the result are the same , no video but audio.

Instead if I use this command in a gnome terminal panel:

mplayer file.mpg -vo x11

all is ok.


Can you help me please?

Best regards

Pierpaolo