diff --git a/bin/gtk-pipe-viewer b/bin/gtk-pipe-viewer
index c7d895a..b994081 100755
--- a/bin/gtk-pipe-viewer
+++ b/bin/gtk-pipe-viewer
@@ -151,21 +151,15 @@ my %CONFIG = (
                               srt   => q{--sub-file=*SUB*},
                               audio => q{--input-slave=*AUDIO*},
                               fs    => q{--fullscreen},
-                              arg   => q{--quiet --play-and-exit --no-video-title-show --input-title-format=*TITLE*},
+                              arg   => q{--quiet --play-and-exit --no-video-title-show --input-title-format=*TITLE* *VIDEO*},
                              },
                       mpv => {
                               cmd   => q{mpv},
                               srt   => q{--sub-file=*SUB*},
                               audio => q{--audio-file=*AUDIO*},
                               fs    => q{--fullscreen},
-                              arg   => q{--really-quiet --force-media-title=*TITLE* --no-ytdl},
+                              arg   => q{--really-quiet --force-media-title=*TITLE* --no-ytdl *VIDEO*},
                              },
-                      smplayer => {
-                                   cmd => q{smplayer},
-                                   srt => q{-sub *SUB*},
-                                   fs  => q{-fullscreen},
-                                   arg => q{-close-at-end -media-title *TITLE* *URL*},
-                                  },
                      },
     video_player_selected => undef,    # autodetect it later
 
@@ -3044,7 +3038,7 @@ sub get_player_command {
         )
     );
 
-    my $has_video = $cmd =~ /\*(?:VIDEO|URL|ID)\*/;
+    my $has_video = $cmd =~ /(?:^|\s)\*(?:VIDEO|URL)\*(?:\s|\z)/;
 
     $cmd = $yv_utils->format_text(
                                   streaming => $streaming,
diff --git a/bin/pipe-viewer b/bin/pipe-viewer
index 2258c1f..008e8e2 100755
--- a/bin/pipe-viewer
+++ b/bin/pipe-viewer
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ my %CONFIG = (
                               srt     => q{--sub-file=*SUB*},
                               audio   => q{--input-slave=*AUDIO*},
                               fs      => q{--fullscreen},
-                              arg     => q{--quiet --play-and-exit --no-video-title-show --input-title-format=*TITLE*},
+                              arg     => q{--quiet --play-and-exit --no-video-title-show --input-title-format=*TITLE* *VIDEO*},
                               novideo => q{--intf=dummy --novideo},
                              },
                       mpv => {
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ my %CONFIG = (
                               srt     => q{--sub-file=*SUB*},
                               audio   => q{--audio-file=*AUDIO*},
                               fs      => q{--fullscreen},
-                              arg     => q{--really-quiet --force-media-title=*TITLE* --no-ytdl},
+                              arg     => q{--really-quiet --force-media-title=*TITLE* --no-ytdl *VIDEO*},
                               novideo => q{--no-video},
                              },
                      },
@@ -3355,7 +3355,7 @@ sub get_player_command {
         )
     );
 
-    my $has_video = $cmd =~ /\*(?:VIDEO|URL|ID)\*/;
+    my $has_video = $cmd =~ /(?:^|\s)\*(?:VIDEO|URL)\*(?:\s|\z)/;
 
     $cmd = $yv_utils->format_text(
                                   streaming => $streaming,