eergh...
tried this inside x :
- complained about not finding /home/root/.mplayer/codecs.conf
- complained about not finding /usr/etc/mplayer/codecs.conf
- complained about not finding font.desc
- could not access 'termcap' data base
Tried this outside X :
well, let's say that a reboot was needed in order to find back a 'normal' screen
this seems to be the best i've tried :
Here are the steps needed to play videos in 320x240 fullscreen:
1) First, install mplayer from the pdaxrom feed. No other additional software is needed.
2) Next, create the file /etc/fb.modes with the following contents:
mode "qvga"
geometry 320 240 320 240 16
timings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
endmode
Now, to play your file, you must first exit from X if you're running it (issue 'killall X' in terminal). You can only play fullscreen video from the console at the moment.
3) When you're in console, run mplayer with the following command:
mplayer -vo fbdev -fbmode qvga -vm -ac mad file.avi
assuming 'file.avi' is the file you want to play.