> From: Max Nikulin <maniku...@gmail.com> > Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 17:51:24 +0700 >
> [... 35 lines elided] > You can try to evaluate (you may use specific video player instead of > xdg-open) > > (setq movie "~/big_buck_bunny.webm") > (setq movie-cmd > (format "xdg-open %s" (shell-quote-argument > (expand-file-name movie)))) > ; should work > (call-process "xdg-open" nil 0 nil movie) Probably its a typo, ; didn’t work (call-process "xdg-open" nil 0 nil movie) ; works (call-process "xdg-open" nil 0 nil (expand-file-name movie)) > ; old xdg-open silent failure due to SIGHUP > ; when viewer goes to background > (let ((process-connection-type 'pty)) > (start-process-shell-command "xdg-open" nil movie-cmd)) > ; current `org-open-file' behavior > (let ((process-connection-type nil)) > (start-process-shell-command "xdg-open" nil movie-cmd)) Both these doesn’t start mpv. -- Regards, Anush
