.desktop file missing x-content/audio-player mime type

[Nico]

Binary package hint: amarok

amarok is for the moment not registered as x-content/audio-player

This make it impossible to select it as the player to start when an audio player is connected (like in the Nautilus media prefs).

Adding x-content/audio-player in the mime type of the .desktop makes the default selection possible.

unfortunately, the current .desktop file passes a parameter to Amarok, which load the playlist with the content of the media device.

See https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amarok/+question/28112

So a new .desktop file will probably be needed for amarok startup when a media device is plugged in.

[Nico (nico-rdo)]

OK, about that playlist being pupulated.

the original amarok.desktop file uses

Exec=amarok %U

Which will populate the playlist

I created a new amarok-player.desktop and gave it the proper mime type. It showed up in Nautilus and I selected it.

I used

Exec=amarok

and still the playlist got populated

man amarok does not give much info about arguments. -- could be considered as a flag signifying the end of the options, but does not work.

I ended up using

Exec=amarok --blah

this makes amarok start with whatever default argument passed to the blah option. As this option does not exist, nothing happens. amarok starts and no playlist gets loaded from the media device.

If that can help...

[Nico (nico-rdo)]

argh, forgot, all the above is on up-to-date (20080328) hardy

[Andrew Starr-Bochicchio (andrewsomething)]

Thanks for the bug report and follow up.

Closing as the reporter's issue has been resolved.

[Nico (nico-rdo)]

hmm..... what ?

Bug closed ? because of the question has been answered... by opening the bug...

I understand that the release is soon, and that closed bugs look good, but, this is a bit hard to swallow.

I open a bug, I reference another person having the issue, I propose a solution, and it is closed with no other action?

The problem is still there, iPods cannot be used directly with Amarok by using the standard was and the GUI.

The solution exists withing a .desktop file.

Thanks for looking at this again.

[kiri (kirin2907)]

I would like to confirm that I am having the same problem, and unlike Nico, changing the amarok.desktop file entry did not resolve the issue for me. I still get the playlist populating when I connect an ipod. It takes 5-10 minutes to load the playlist causing amarok to lock up for the first 30 seconds or so of this.

[James Burkle (james-burkle)]

This is still a problem as of 5/14/2008, amarok cannot be chosen as the default media player for Ipods.

[Brad Johnson (itsbradman-gmail)]

I am having the same issue here

[Jason Ramey (launchpad-permutation)]

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=822213

[HOWTO] Auto connect your iPod to Amarok