On 03/07/10 23:21, Carroll Grigsby wrote:
> On Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:14:52 -0400
> Bob Goodwin<bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>> On 03/07/10 21:05, Rikke D. Giles wrote:
>>
>>> On 07/03/2010 05:58:17 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Where is the default movie player set?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> In gnome it's on the multimedia tab under system -> preferences ->
>>> preferred applications. No idea where it is with KDE.
>>>
>>> Rikke
>>>
>>>
>> I changed it there to no avail. I still have to save clips to play
>> them with VLC which works without a fuss. I don't need it often
>> but when I do I don't want to jump through hoops ... I normally use
>> XFCE but switched back to Gnome to make that change. It hasn't worked.
>>
>> I am running F-13 if that makes a difference.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
> Bob:
> In xfce, right click on the file in whatever file manager, select
> whatever player in the popup where you'll also get to make it the
> preferred player of whatever file type. Or not.
>
> -- cmg
>
>
Ok, that offered a round about way to fix the problem. I'm
sorry I did not provide all the details at first but I was
frustrated and impatient when I wrote initially.
I selected a saved "3g2" file from the XFCE file manager and
it, unlike Thunderbird, allowed me to choose the method and
make that method the default. After doing that Thunderbird
also uses VLC as default! Hopefully that selection will
survive rebooting?
My daughter sent some video clips while kayaking yesterday
and I wanted to view them quickly and comment. I saved the
first one out of desperation but then she sent several more
and the process got to be a bother ... I had other problems
and my three year old great grand daughter wanting me to
play ball with her! Should have turned off the computer I
suppose.
Thanks.
Bob
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