running mplayer instead of totem

[NoOp]

On 09/30/2008 07:03 PM, NoOp wrote:
> On 09/30/2008 06:38 PM, Karl Auer wrote:
>> On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 18:17 -0700, NoOp wrote:
>>> On 09/30/2008 06:04 PM, Karl Auer wrote:
>>> > How do I get mplayer to be started when I insert a DVD?
>>>
>>> In Nautilus: Edit|Preferences|Media
>> 
>> That just shows the options "Ask what to do", "Do Nothing", "Open
>> Folder" and "Movie Player". There is no way to specify *which* movie
>> player.
>> 
>> How to I tell Hardy which movie player to use?
>> 
>> Regards, K.
>> 
>> 
> 
> For mine I have gxine... I _think_ that I'd selected "Ask what to do"
> and then opened a DVD & selected gxine as the player. Can't recall
> exactly; I'll see if I can figure it out a bit later... currently
> BBQ'ing salmon & trying to update my son's laptop at the same time -
> hopefully I won't burn either one :-)
> 
> 
> 
> 

Turns out it's not quite as simple as one would wish... this is for VLC,
but I reckon that it would apply to mplayer as well:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vlc/+bug/191475
[[hardy] media tab in file management preferences missing applications]
and
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/227162
[ "File Management Preferences - Media" should allow arbitrary commands]
Upstream: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=532474

Note: You might want to try smplayer (sudo apt-get install smplayer
smplayer-themes smplayer-translations), it's a very nice front-end for
mplayer.

For the time being I find it easier to just place the smplayer launch
icon on the desktop & set nautilus to "do nothing" and then after
putting in the dvd use the icon & then "Open|DVD from drive".