Post #2844894
2026-02-22 05:31 UTC
Yeah, I wonder will mpv run on its own, without any DE? At least we can run Kodi that way, but I guess at least some video players are able to run without any DE or even WM. If not all, but I’m not really sure on this.
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@pryre@lemmy.world 2026-02-22 06:51
Not sure about mpv, but I use a gstreamer pipeline to tender cameras to the raw KMS terminal display. It works much more reliably (I.e. Predictable loading times and no stutter) compared to loading a DE first. Noting that it was on a low power RPI.
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@jjlinux@lemmy.zip 2026-02-22 12:12
It's totally doable from CLI. A script using either mpv - - vo=drm should be a good starting point. I think on X server you could just use startx or xinit as well.