diff --git a/TOOLS/mpv_identify.sh b/TOOLS/mpv_identify.sh
index 0c4dfc5b02..b1c17f75c2 100755
--- a/TOOLS/mpv_identify.sh
+++ b/TOOLS/mpv_identify.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ for __midentify__key in $__midentify__allprops; do
     eval unset $__midentify__nextprefix$__midentify__key
 done
 
-__midentify__output=`$MPV --playing-msg="$__midentify__propstr" --vo=null --ao=null --frames=1 --quiet "$@"`
+__midentify__output=`$MPV --playing-msg="$__midentify__propstr" --vo=null --ao=null --frames=1 --quiet --no-cache --no-config "$@"`
 __midentify__fileindex=0
 __midentify__prefix=
 while :; do