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lmello

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Registered: 2012-11-06

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mpv --force-window - change background when playing audio files?

Is it possible to change the background when mpv is playing an audio file when the --force-window option is set to 'yes' ?

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Gusar

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Registered: 2009-08-25

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Re: mpv --force-window - change background when playing audio files?

Nope. If there is one, the audio file's built-in cover art will be shown, otherwise you get blackness. A feature request is open at mpv's github, but it's low priority: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/869

nonfictive

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Registered: 2015-10-03

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Re: mpv --force-window - change background when playing audio files?

it depends if you are using youtube-dl you can do youtube-dl --extract-audio --audio-format mp3 which will just download the mp3 then you could use ffmpeg
to add a thumbnail.

lmello

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2012-11-06

Posts: 300

Re: mpv --force-window - change background when playing audio files?

Nope. If there is one, the audio file's built-in cover art will be shown, otherwise you get blackness. A feature request is open at mpv's github, but it's low priority: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/869

I noticed it by accident... is it possible to create a mpv profile that always shows a image - say 'cover.jpg' - located at the same directory as the audio file?

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Gusar

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Re: mpv --force-window - change background when playing audio files?

Apologies for bumping an old thread, but there's now a very cool thing in mpv. ffmpeg has audio visualization filters, and mpv can make use of them by creating a complex filter graph. For example, I like this one:

mpv --lavfi-complex='[aid1] asplit [ao] [v] ; [v] showwaves=mode=line:split_channels=1 [vo]' some_music.mp3

Look for "show" filters in ffmpeg's documentation to see which visualizations are available and how to configure them: http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#showfreqs

golk

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Registered: 2026-04-18

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Re: mpv --force-window - change background when playing audio files?

Apologies for bumping an old thread, but there's now a very cool thing in mpv. ffmpeg has audio visualization filters, and mpv can make use of them by creating a complex filter graph. For example, I like this one:

mpv --lavfi-complex='[aid1] asplit [ao] [v] ; [v] showwaves=mode=line:split_channels=1 [vo]' some_music.mp3

Look for "show" filters in ffmpeg's documentation to see which visualizations are available and how to configure them: http://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#showfreqs

Thanks it really shows me a new way to do things. this is the only way you can have a crossplatform transparent background `mpv`.

WorMzy

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Re: mpv --force-window - change background when playing audio files?

Please do not necrobump.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … bumping%22

Closing.

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