diff --git a/TOOLS/midentify b/TOOLS/midentify
index 240c421bd8..f6dbf21be3 100755
--- a/TOOLS/midentify
+++ b/TOOLS/midentify
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-mplayer -frames 0 -identify "$@" 2>/dev/null |
+mplayer -vo null -ao null -frames 0 -identify "$@" 2>/dev/null |
 	grep "^ID" |
 	sed -e 's/[`\\!$"]/\\&/g' |
 	sed -e '/^ID_FILENAME/ { s/^ID_FILENAME=\(.*\)/ID_FILENAME="\1"/g; }'