On Fri, 2017-06-02 at 07:05 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > > But evolution still doesn't offer mplayer for mp4 attachments.
I have the same problem. > > Does the file /usr/share/applications/mplayer.desktop (or wherever > > your distribution puts .desktop files) actually exist on your > > machine? ll /usr/share/kde4/apps/kappfinder/apps/Multimedia/mplayer.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5391 Oct 2 2009 /usr/share/kde4/apps/kappfinder/apps/Multimedia/mplayer.desktop so I can't edit it. After 47 lines of GenericName[*]= with UTF-8 names: Exec=gmplayer %U Icon=video MimeType=video/x-ms-asf;video/mpeg;video/quicktime;video/x-flic;video/x-msvideo; gmplayer is a soft link to mplayer. Notice that video/mp4 isn't in the MimeType list. Does KDE care? Does Evolution care? After about 47 more lines of Name[*]= with UTF-8 names Type=Application X-KDE-Protocols=http > Better - what is the default handler for the MIME-type of the > attachment? > awilliam@beast01:~> xdg-mime query default video/mp4 mplayer > If you save the attachment and attempt to open it from the command > line, what happens? > > awilliam@beast01:~> xdg-open ./Videos/VID_20160903_224422774.mp4 It opens with mplayer. > What is the MIME-type of the attachment? Perhaps the sender is > messing up the attachment? video/mp4 I doubt that every sender is messing up every mp4 attachment. The Evolution I'm using is an antique: 2.34.3. My KDE is 4.3.4. Those are what's supplied with Scientific Linux 6.9. I'm not trusted with the root password for my computer until I take six months of cyber-security training (our organization gets about a million break-in attempts per day). That's not included in my work authorization memo. So I can't install anything newer. My SA is negotiating with the powers-that-be to install Scientific Linux 7.3. When I ask him how to change file association settings he refers me to the Gnome control center. There's no file associations widget, perhaps because gvfs-mime isn't installed, and it isn't available from any Scientific Linux repository so my SA can't install it. There's a file associations widget in the KDE settings panel, and it apparently has convinced xdg-mime that video/mp4's app is mplayer. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
