#939822 mc: info about video files

Package:
mc
Source:
mc
Description:
Midnight Commander - a powerful file manager
Submitter:
Vladimir Putin
Date:
2026-10-17 06:11:02 UTC
Severity:
minor
#939822#5
Date:
2019-09-09 09:22:21 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,

Press F3 on video file and get "Please install either mplayer or mpv to
get information for this file" mpv is installed...
#939822#16
Date:
2025-01-12 09:58:29 UTC
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It seems that Debian mpv packages does not provide the mpv_identify.sh script, which mc needs to use mpv to display video information. There is nothing we can do at the mc side. Either maintainers can decide to ship it, or you have to use mplayer.

https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/TOOLS/mpv_identify.sh
#939822#21
Date:
2025-01-12 10:04:54 UTC
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It seems that Debian mpv packages does not provide the mpv_identify.sh script, which mc needs to use mpv to display video information. There is nothing we can do at the mc side. Either maintainers can decide to ship it, or you have to use mplayer.

https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/TOOLS/mpv_identify.sh
#939822#26
Date:
2026-10-17 04:17:42 UTC
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severity 939822 normal
thanks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaKjhbsvSmE
mplayer has problems with some newer file formats, including the result of
downloading the above video with yt-dlp.  Being able to use mpv to identify
such videos would be really good.

Also please install it under /usr/bin not /usr/share as mplayer does.
#939822#33
Date:
2026-10-17 06:08:37 UTC
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaKjhbsvSmE

Sorry I gave the wrong URL in the previous message.  The above is the one that
when downloaded won't work with mplayer.