should ship a .desktop file for nautilus Media handler integration
This bug report was converted into a question: question #65209: should ship a .desktop file for nautilus Media handler integration.
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Bug Description
I want to use VLC as my DVD player and nothing (or picasa) as the program to run when a photo SD card is inserted. No matter what I do in terms of configuration, the gnome desktop still always runs totem and f-spot-importer.
These preferences cannot be set by right clicking on a file and setting 'Open with' as they are not files. Volumes do not have an "Open With" tab.
Photo settings can be set by System > Preferences > Removeable Drives and Media but the "Digital Camera" tickbox and command is ignored. There is not a section for DVDs.
I can use gconf-editor and change the values such as /desktop/
Despite doing all this, totem is still always run for dvd and f-spot-import for photos. I'd at least be happy being able to disable the automatic actions, and as a bonus would like to set the correct applications. I am on the verge of uninstalling the apps or symlinking their names to the programs I actually want to run. Using Google shows numerous users with the same issues and equally desperate solutions.
I have approximatively the same problem.
The DVD section in "System > Preferences > Removable Drives and Media" has disappeared in the latest Ubuntu version (8.04) and unchecking the tickbox or changing the command for cameras or film cameras has no effect.
It's possible to change the automatic actions when a dvd is inserted or a camera is plugged in Nautilus "Edit > Preferences > Media" but the only options are "Ask what should be done", "Do nothing", "Open the directory" or use the default application and there is only one default application possible. I managed to add VLC as an alternative to Totem thanks to this documentation : http:// ubuntuguide. org/wiki/ Ubuntu: Hardy#How_ to_make_ VLC_open_ when_you_ insert_ a_DVD
I'd like to be able to change the photo importer too. I don't know if it's possible to adapt this tutorial for that.
Anyway I think the default applications should be easier to change and the camera section in "System > Preferences > Removable Drives and Media" seems to be useless (except for webcams maybe, I never tried).
P.S.: My system is in French so I tried to re-translate in English. Sorry for the mistakes.