Cannot pass argument to mpv 0.25.0 using "open -a mpv --args" anymore

[gbstan]

mpv version and platform

mpv: 0.25.0
platform: macOS Sierra 10.12.4
If you're not using git master or the latest release, update.

Reproduction steps

Open a terminal
Type:
open -a mpv --args --vid=no https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aatr_2MstrI

Expected behavior

In previous versions of mpv, this allowed to open mpv without video, i.e. just download and play the audio.
This now prevents scripting (in particular with Alfred) to use mpv for direct audio playback

Actual behavior

Since the upgrade to mpv 0.25.0, mpv does not recognise the arguments passed to it through "open -a mpv --args ..." anymore and thus does not play the audio as expected

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[Akemi]

use the mpv binary directly instead of open?

[gbstan]

Unfortunately, there is a good reason to use "open": Using "open -a mpv "youtube_video_link_here" --args --vid=no" in a bash script allows to launch the mpv GUI to only play the audio, which is needed to have access to next, previous, forward, backward, etc. even when playing audio only. This worked before in previous versions of mpv. It doesn't work anymore as: open -a mpv "youtube_video_link_here" --args --vid=no seems to open mpv and play the YouTube video instead of only downloading and playing the audio, which is the expected behaviour. So it seems that for some reason "-args --vid=no" is not passed correctly any more from open to mpv. Again, this was working yesterday on mpv 0.24. Sent from my phone.

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On Apr 23, 2017 at 3:29 pm, <Akemi ***@***.***)> wrote: use the mpv binary directly instead of open? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub (#4354 (comment)), or mute the thread (https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADyzR3Cldn4h5r4ROHrM7FPNXi_lJzciks5ry2A1gaJpZM4NFV7t).

[Akemi]

there is no need to repeat yourself again. i know it doesn't work anymore since i 'removed' that feature because of simplification in one commit. i deemed the case of opening mpv via "open" as useless since you can just use the mpv binary in the bundle directly.

so the only reason you use 'open' is because you always want the GUI? just use mpv --player-operation-mode=pseudo-gui and you get the same behaviour.

[gbstan]

Super! This works! Many thanks for your prompt and very useful response. This can now be marked as resolved!

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On 23/04/2017 15:48, Akemi wrote: there is no need to repeat yourself again. i know it doesn't work anymore because i 'removed' that feature because of simplification of one commit. i deemed the case of opening mpv via "open" as useless since you can just use the mpv binary in the bundle directly. so the only reason you use 'open' is because you always want the GUI? just use |mpv --player-operation-mode=pseudo-gui| and you get the same behaviour. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4354 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ADyzR28k0u2vPTyjsvZCE4y4n6icKT_Dks5ry2SogaJpZM4NFV7t>.

[vitorgalvao]

This can now be marked as resolved!

@gbstan You have to power to close the issue yourself (you can close issues you opened).