[opensuse] Configuring the choice of apps for a DVD
When I insert a DVD into the drive, I am offered a choice of appropriate apps, one of which (K3b) claims to be able to play it. But trying it gets a message telling me that K3b nevertheless can't. I really want to use MPlayer, which is installed, but it isn't in the list. An attempt at configuring the list did not show any way to add MPlayer, and using the "Help" button got only the information that there is no help available. I have played DVDs previously with MPlayer on this machine, and I know that I was able to chose MPlayer on this Index. I have no idea why it is absent from the list now. How does one add an application to the list? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Stan Goodman
An attempt at configuring the list did not show any way to add MPlayer, and using the "Help" button got only the information that there is no help available.
"gnome-control-center"-> "Removable Drives and Media" Charles
At 02:19:01 on Monday Monday 12 May 2008, "Charles philip Chan"
Stan Goodman
writes:
An attempt at configuring the list did not show any way to add MPlayer, and using the "Help" button got only the information that there is no help available.
"gnome-control-center"-> "Removable Drives and Media"
Charles
I neglected to add that the desktop is KDE; sorry. I was unable to find a "Removable Drives and Media" item. But further search gave me some more information on how to configure the list of apps (the title bar of which reads "KDE Daemon"). Trying again to configure it, I did: Configure (this opened "KDE Control Module")>Add Moved "DVD Video Disk" from the Available pane to the Display Service pane Wrote "Play DVD with MPlayer" in place of "Unknown" Wrote "gmplayer %u" in place of "konqueror %u" OK OK This caused the list in KDE Daemon to contain the MPlayer entry (with a big "X" icon which I assume I can drop something else on). When I click on this entry, MPlayer does indeed open, but so does an error message reading "Failed to open /home/stan/system/mmedia/sr0". I do not know why it is looking for the drive in my HOME directory structure, but it seems that I omitted doing something. What has to be fixed? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Stan Goodman
I neglected to add that the desktop is KDE; sorry. I was unable to find a "Removable Drives and Media" item.
Please refer to my other messeage about KDE. In case you don't have it handy, try: "Kcontrol"-> "Peripherals"-> "Storage Media" Charles
At 13:54:46 on Monday Monday 12 May 2008, "Charles philip Chan"
Stan Goodman
writes:
I neglected to add that the desktop is KDE; sorry. I was unable to find a "Removable Drives and Media" item.
Please refer to my other messeage about KDE. In case you don't have it handy, try:
"Kcontrol"-> "Peripherals"-> "Storage Media"
Charles
Thank you. The other message was about Gnome; The Kcontrol > Peripherals > Storage Media screen is identical with the "Kdaemon" configuration screen that I have already configured, and shows the content that I entered there, nothing more. This is the kind of thing that really makes me feel dense (and which could be avoided if the author had taken the trouble to provide a Help screen more informative than "There is no help". Sorry for troubling you. I'll ask the question elsewhere. -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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