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user2432166

Reputation: 221

Wrong path returned from MPV player using mp.get_property("path") spaces on Windows

I have my video in the following locaton with spaces on Windows.

"c:\GoogleDrive\CMD Scripts_video\test.mp4"

MPV function in Lua script returns cut path with special characters ~1

video_path = mp.get_property("path")

"c:\GOOGLE~1\CMDSCR~1_video\test.mp4"

How can I get on Windows full path to use it as input for FFMPEG in my LUA script?

Thank you Peter

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1234

Answers (1)

Egor Skriptunoff
Egor Skriptunoff

Reputation: 974

8.3-style path is absolutely valid in Windows.
The error is raised by wrong quotation.

The correct way to invoke external command on Windows is the following:

""C:\GoogleDrive\CMD Scripts_video\files\FFmpegAviSynthPlus64\ffmpeg.exe" -v warning -i "c:\GOOGLE~1\CMDSCR~1\test.mp4" out.avi"

Please note quotes around argument, quotes around executable file path and quotes around the whole command (yes, Windows does need it).

os.execute([[""program" "arg1" "arg2""]])

Upvotes: 1

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