Build of Lynx 2.9.2 without hardcoded mpeg_play
2025-09-24
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I've edited The Lynx source to remove the hardcoded mpeg_play
application for playing video files. So now your .mailcap is
the boss again. Of course, this is just how I did it, you'll 
probably want to tweak it.

source files:

hgit clone git.wittamore.com	URL:https://git.wittamore.com/lynx

run philip-make.sh to configure and install lynx.

in your .bashrc add:

export LYNX_CFG=$HOME/.config/lynx/lynx.cfg

in $HOME/.config/lynx/lynx.cfg add:

INCLUDE:/etc/lynx.cfg
PERSONAL_MAILCAP:.mailcap
CHARACTER_SET:utf-8
ASSUME_CHARSET:utf-8
OUTGOING_MAIL_CHARSET:utf-8
PREFERRED_CHARSET:utf-8

in ~/.mailcap add

audio/x-mpegurl; mpv --geometry=1068x600 --ontop --idle=yes --force-window=yes --playlist=%s >/dev/null 2>&1 &
audio/*;   mpv --geometry=1068x600 --ontop --idle=yes --force-window=yes %s >/dev/null 2>&1 &
image/*;   nsxiv %s &
video/*;   mpv --geometry=1068x600 --ontop --idle=yes --force-window=yes %s >/dev/null 2>&1 &
application/*;  cp %s /tmp  \; xdg-open /tmp/$(basename %s) > /dev/null 2>&1 &

and any other command related to a mime type.