On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 02:12:21PM +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 09/27/2012 05:37 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > > How do I change the default application for playing a video file > > received from an iPhone [.mov]? > > > > Presently I have to save it and play with vlc which works perfectly. > > Something called "Parole" is all that is offered and I have never > > succeeded in playing anything using it, considering just removing > > it. Google describes methods for setting the default but they don't > > seem applicable to XFCE and F-17/64. > > If you start the file manager, "Thunar", and then right click on the > X.mov file pick "Open with" and then "Open with other Application" you > should be able to choose vlc and that choice should stick for all .mov > files. > Another desktop agnostic way might be: $ xdg-mime default vlc.desktop `xdg-mime query filetype /path/to/file.mov` To get parole to work, I believe you need the gstreamer packages installed. This is from my laptop: gstreamer-0.10.36-1.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-ffmpeg-0.10.13-2.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-bad-0.10.23-1.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-0.10.23-8.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-bad-free-extras-0.10.23-8.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-bad-nonfree-0.10.22-3.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-base-0.10.36-2.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-good-0.10.31-4.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-plugins-ugly-0.10.19-1.fc17.x86_64 gstreamer-tools-0.10.36-1.fc17.x86_64 GL -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
