Mplayer on Android Notes

(800x480) is the resolution of the Pengpod
#get screen size
dumpsys window | grep mUnrestrictedScreen

#besure to mount dev for fb0 use
busybox mount --bind /dev dev

#and link fb0
ln -s /dev/graphics/fb0 /dev/fb0

This will play, but if the video is smaller than screen there will be a black border
mplayer -vo fbdev -fs -zoom video.mp4

Same, but won’t be centered
mplayer -vo fbdev

This will play full screen, but might play slow
mplayer -vo fbdev -fs -zoom -x 800 -y 480 video.mp4



Frame Dropping doesn’t seem to help
mplayer -vo fbdev -fs -zoom -x 800 -y 480  why.mp4 -framedrop

***Note volume down is ‘/’ and volume up is ‘0’

Kill Android GUI
setprop ctl.stop media & setprop ctl.stop zygote

Restart Android GUI
setprop ctl.start media & setprop ctl.start zygote