Play a video from emacs org mode using lisp

Links in Emacs org mode allow arbitrary emacs-lisp execution. As a result, we can run any shell command, such as your favorite movie player : [[ elisp:(async-shell-command "mplayer /tmp/lecture.mp4") ][ linktitle ]] Arguments work too. e.g. play the movie from a particular position. This can come in handy when learning materials contain valuable information scattered throughout movies: [[…