How to do something like `mplayer movie.mpg` from ssh and it play on the current display?

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Published on 2012-06-23T21:15:05Z Indexed on 2012/06/23 21:18 UTC
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I've set up a little media center computer running Arch Linux.

I want to eventually get it so that there is no keyboard or mouse required. Right now I want the solution to be SSH. My problem is that when I do something like mplayer movie.mpg over an ssh shell, I'll just get vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()!

How do I get this to work correctly and play on my TV(the display the media center computer is hooked to)?

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