On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 07:26:35AM +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote: > In Debian 10, I need to view a mp4 video which I downloaded. Using > the menu: > > APPLICATIONS -> Multimedia -> mpv Media Player menu > > I end up with a window labeled MPV with a black screen on which is > what appears to be a START icon (an arrow) and the line: > > Drop files or URLs to play here. > > Would someone kindly tell me how to make use of the mpv player? The > display makes no sense to me. Is not "drop" an operation pertaining > to the Window$ environment? How does one go about dropping a file or URL on > the window in the Linux environment?
The answer to that would depend on whatever "desktop environment" you have. Typically you'd have some kind of file manager, where you can visually browse your file system. Files there are represented by small icons, which you can drag and drop onto that mpv window. If the file contents is something mpv can grok, it will do it. Also this little thing left of your browser's URL line is something you can drag & drop. Sometimes terminals recognize things as URLs and let you drag & drop them. In general, selecting some text makes it drag-n-droppable. Cheers -- t
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