Playing a video
===============

.. highlight:: console

To play a video on a Synaptics Astra evaluation kit:

1. Install a pre-built image and connect to the board as described :doc:`here <flash_image>`

2. Connect the screen to the HDMI TX port of the board and power on the board

3. Connect the board to a local network with DHCP using the ethernet cable

4. Download a demo video to the board::

      $ wget https://download.blender.org/durian/trailer/sintel_trailer-720p.mp4

5. Play the video::

      $ export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/0
      $ export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-1
      $ gst-launch-1.0 filesrc location=sintel_trailer-720p.mp4 ! qtdemux name=demux demux.video_0 ! queue ! h264parse ! v4l2h264dec ! waylandsink fullscreen=true

.. note::

      On SL1620 replace the ``v4l2h264dec`` decoder plugin with ``avdec_h264``.

To learn about other multimedia demos refer to :ref:`multimedia`.