mpv thinks cover is a video track

[jimmy-1000]

• mpv version: 0.33.0-67-g8121d958ec
• Windows Version: Windows 7 64bits
• Source of the mpv binary: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpv-player-windows/files/64bit/
• Graphic Card: No.

Actually in not a failure of mpv, but is something that must change.
If I add a cover (for example image jpg) to a video, mpv thinks this embedded picture is a video track and list it that way.
I reported this to SMplayer and the developer told me it was mpv, I checked and it is correct, it is mpv.

If thist is fixed, mpv must show something like this:
Video --vid=1
Audio --aid=2
Cover --cid=3

Or it can be also Picture --pid=3
But by the moment, mpv thinks the picture inside as a cover is a video track, as I said before.

[ChrisK2]

Well, it kiiiind of is a video track, just one with one very long frame. How exactly is this a problem? If you just don't want it to be displayed you can disable it with --audio-display=no.

[twilson90]

if you check the mpv property "track-list" you'll see the cover art video track is marked with albumart=true, so you can distinguish between 'proper' video tracks and cover art. Makes sense, so I think this should remain the default behaviour.

[Akemi]

please leave your unrelated ranting out of the issue comments. i doubt we explicitly ignore your issues out of the +600.

[jimmy-1000]

All of you think the actual behavior is correct?? other players like MPC or VLC don't think the cover is a video track.
And don't forget mpv is the core of many programs.

mpv

SMplayer

VLC

MPC

[Akemi]

i think that is perfectly fine. it's a video for mpv and it can also be distinguished via the property. players using libmpv as its core should just check for albumart flag to distinguish between normal video tracks and covers.

[7nik]

for me, mpv not just lists the cover in video tracks but plays the cover image as the default video track facepalm