diff --git a/misc/ext.d/video.sh b/misc/ext.d/video.sh
index bb89cee15..3fad53138 100644
--- a/misc/ext.d/video.sh
+++ b/misc/ext.d/video.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ do_view_action() {
 
     case "${filetype}" in
     *)
-        cat "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}"
+        mplayer -identify -vo null -ao null -frames 0 "${MC_EXT_FILENAME}" 2>&1 | \
+            sed -n 's/^ID_//p'
         ;;
     esac
 }
diff --git a/misc/mc.ext.in b/misc/mc.ext.in
index 7968b91cd..4dada15a9 100644
--- a/misc/mc.ext.in
+++ b/misc/mc.ext.in
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ include/image
 
 ### Sound files ###
 
-regex/i/\.(wav|snd|voc|au|smp|aiff|snd|m4a)$
+regex/i/\.(wav|snd|voc|au|smp|aiff|snd|m4a|ape|aac|wvm4a)$
 	Open=@EXTHELPERSDIR@/sound.sh open common
 
 regex/i/\.(mod|s3m|xm|it|mtm|669|stm|ult|far)$