Control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/pull/1132
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 02:25:15PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > Package: mpv > Version: 0.5.3-1 > Severity: important > User: [email protected] > Usertags: debian-edu > > Please add video/ogg to the mpv desktop file, to indicate that mpv can > play Ogg Theora files. > > This is the use case: I record a screen session using > gtk-recordmydesktop, and when I stop the recording it store the video as > Ogg Theora and I end up with a file out.ogv in my home directory. I > next visit the KDE file manager, and click on the video to play the > recording. The audacity program is started, and it fail to display > anything and just hang. I believe the same problem happen with other > file managers too, but have not checked them all. The audacity hang of > course is an error in itself, but the real error here is that the wrong > program is started. For Ogg Theora files, it would be better if mpv or > another installed video player is started. The audio tools are not fit > for the task! > > For this to work, the "file --mime-type out.ogv" program should not > return "application/ogg" but a video related MIME type like "video/ogg", > and all video players capable of playing Ogg Theora files should list > that MIME type in their .desktop file. I've asked for file to change > behavour (bug #762561), and now ask the video players to change their > list of MIME types handled and add "video/ogg". Please add it before > Jessie to make this happen. :) Sounds good. I sent a patch upstream. Cheers
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