Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 17:04:46 +0200 From: Rafael =?iso-8859-1?Q?Grim=E1n?= <rafa@artenet-cb.es> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can this be done without a lot of custimization in FreeBSD. Message-ID: <3D23128E.BAFA9BEF@artenet-cb.es>
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Hi :) >I am trying to see if the following can be done and if so what is the >best way to tackle it. > >I need to have a FreeBSD server that acts as the "video player" behind >a small advertisement screen. I have tested several applications on >FreeBSD through X and have had really good results on video playback. >The issue I am running into is the advertisement will be controlled >remotely and I need a way for the video or X desktop to be blacked out >or not displaying when someone remotely chooses another video. I do not >what anyone looking at the advertisement to see a X desktop while the >video is stopped or changing. Also what would be a good command line >driven mpeg player I'm new to FreeBSD, but have been a long time into Linux. I don't know if mplayer has been ported to FreeBSD. If it has, I suggest you check it out because it lets you play all types of video format except for .mov and it supports a great deal of outputs, for example svga or vesa which means you DON'T need X :) HTH Rafa -- rafa@artenet-cb.es http://www.suse.de/es rafael.griman@hispalinux.es http://www.suse.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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