watch or listen video via command

[lightonflux]

It would be great if one could view or listen to a video no matter what the default is.

So if audio only is the default you would only hear the videos via the following command:

 2,4

But if the user uses

view 2,4

he/she would see the video no matter what the default is.

And

 listen 2,4

would only play sound even if the default is video.

I am not sure which commands would be best, but i think watch and view or video should do. And also w and v for short.

And listen, l, audio,a` or so for audio only.

[ghost]

I think that sounds great - would make the program much more modular and less 'configure-ey'

[np1]

Yes, this idea also occurred to me when I realised the inconvenience of have to type set show_video .. each time I want to change the behaviour. An override command like that would be useful. I will add this feature soon.

[np1]

This is now done, you will need to upgrade to the latest version. You can use -a, -f or -w after your selection to play content in audio, fullscreen or windowed mode (eg 1,4-6 -f). This is documented in section 6 (Advanced Tips) of the inbuilt help.