Thank you very much for the great blog post! I hope you don't mind that I included the link in the following bug comment:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=674480 >________________________________ > Von: Burkart Lingner <876...@bugs.launchpad.net> >An: saearea-t...@yahoo.com >Gesendet: 16:27 Freitag, 20.April 2012 >Betreff: [Bug 876897] Re: Changing Default Application for Music/Video/Photos >has no effect on some registered types > >I recently wrote a blog entry on how to easily set up VLC to open all >video files. If you like to set other default applications, the command >sequence can be modified accordingly. The article can be found at >http://www.bollchen.de/blog/2012/02/command-line-magic-open-with-vlc/ > >-- >You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a >duplicate bug report (985187). >https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/876897 > >Title: > Changing Default Application for Music/Video/Photos has no effect on > some registered types > >Status in GNOME Control Center: > Confirmed >Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > >Bug description: > 1) Oneiric > System Settings → System Info → Default Applications > Issue reproted by OP: png, gif, svg, xpm (maybe more) do not open with >correct application. > > 2) Precise > System Settings → Details → Default Applications > Issue reported in Bug #924388: Video opens with Totem even if VLC is >selected as default > > 3) Upstream: > System Settings → Details → Default Applications > Issue reported in Gnome-bugs #662191: Setting default music player only >works for ogg vorbis files > > > What you expected to happen: > 1) When changing the default image viewer in from 'Image Viewer' to >'Shotwell Viewer' a double click on any image should open the image in >'Shotwell Viewer'. > > 2) When changing default video player, all video files should open > using that app. > > 3) When changing default music player, all music files should open > using that app. > > What happened instead: > 1) When clicking on a png, gif, xpm or svg file Ubuntu will open them in >'Image Viewer' instead of the system default image viewer → 'Shotwell Viewer'. > > 2) Videos open in Totem even though VLC is selected to be default. > > 3) Default music player only works for ogg files > >To manage notifications about this bug go to: >https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/876897/+subscriptions > > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/876897 Title: Changing Default Application for Music/Video/Photos has no effect on some registered types To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/876897/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
