In console i can't play video. :
$ ffplay test_video_cycles0001-0850.mp4
ffplay version 2.1.4 Copyright (c) 2003-2014 the FFmpeg developers
built on Mar 4 2014 00:33:56 with gcc 4.8.3 (piCore) 20131202 (prerelease)
configuration: --prefix=/usr/local --enable-static --enable-shared --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-version3 --enable-fontconfig --enable-gnutls --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libass --enable-libcaca --enable-libcelt --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopus --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvorbis --enable-libwavpack --enable-libxvid --enable-openssl --enable-x11grab
libavutil 52. 48.101 / 52. 48.101
libavcodec 55. 39.101 / 55. 39.101
libavformat 55. 19.104 / 55. 19.104
libavdevice 55. 5.100 / 55. 5.100
libavfilter 3. 90.100 / 3. 90.100
libswscale 2. 5.101 / 2. 5.101
libswresample 0. 17.104 / 0. 17.104
libpostproc 52. 3.100 / 52. 3.100
Could not initialize SDL - Unable to open a console terminal
(Did you set the DISPLAY variable?)
Under X11 it's working but very slow.
With debian I use omxplayer which runs well in console mode (see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji912xM5OY0 the starting video ie played by omxplayer while the system is started)