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From: "Suvayu Ali"<fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx>;
Date: Thursday, Sep 27, 2012 6:25 PM
To: "users"<users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
Subject: Re: Change default app. -
> 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
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Suvayu
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