On 09/27/2012 05:49 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 27/09/12 02:12, Ed Greshko types: >> On 09/27/2012 05:37 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: >>> How do I change the default application for playing a video file >>> received from an iPhone [.mov]? >>> >>> Presently I have to save it and play with vlc which works perfectly. >>> Something called "Parole" is all that is offered and I have never >>> succeeded in playing anything using it, considering just removing >>> it. Google describes methods for setting the default but they don't >>> seem applicable to XFCE and F-17/64. >> If you start the file manager, "Thunar", and then right click on the X.mov >> file pick "Open with" and then "Open with other Application" you should be >> able to choose vlc and that choice should stick for all .mov files. >> > > > > Perhaps it should "stick" but it does not. I can view it that way > but I am still offered only Parole with no "Other" option when I > attempt to view the video in Thunderbird mail. Do you know of a file > that can be changed manually? > >
Interesting.... I've got Xfce and Gnome installed, FWIW. And it sticks. I also don't have Parole installed. Being a KDE user, I don't know what file holds the key. :-( -- Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. -- Rick Cook, The Wizardry Compiled -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
