Nautilus: Open with Other Application... question

Sepero · 12-22-2006, 04:23 AM

Anyone know how to get nautilus to open a file with this command "xine dvd:///filename"?

Simon Bridge · 12-22-2006, 05:01 AM

so you have tried:

rt-click on file icon
select "open with another application"
select "custom command"
enter "xine dvd:///"

Sepero · 12-22-2006, 11:43 PM

Unfortunately, I have tried that and it doesn't seem to work.
I also tried "xine dvd:///$@" without luck.
Thanks for you posting in Simon.

Simon Bridge · 12-23-2006, 12:18 AM

What are you trying to achieve?
In what way is this failing?

You want xine to play (navigate) a dvd in the default dvd drive, that command is:
xine dvd://

Sepero · 12-23-2006, 03:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Simon Bridge

What are you trying to achieve?
In what way is this failing?

You want xine to play (navigate) a dvd in the default dvd drive, that command is:
xine dvd://

Yeah, the two slashes (//) doesn't seem to be doing it either.
On the commandline I can start it like this "xine dvd:///filename.iso".
I think the problem is that nautilus is sending the command like this
"xine dvd:/// filename.iso" with a space before the filename. Xine is starting, but it appears that nautilus thinks "dvd:///" is a commandline option instead of attaching it directly to the front of the filename.

I wish I could solve this.
Thanks for you posting in Simon.

Sepero · 12-23-2006, 04:17 AM

Solved: I changed a line in this file:
.local/share/applications/xine-usercreated.desktop:

From this:
Exec=xine dvd:/// %f

To this:
Exec=xine dvd:///%f

Just like I thought, it wasn't connecting the "dvd:///" to the filname. Works great now.

Simon Bridge · 12-23-2006, 04:37 PM

Yeah - it helps to state what you are trying to acheive... if you had told me you wanted to run video from an iso file I could have told you right away. (grumble)

Sepero · 12-23-2006, 05:46 PM

Sorry, I just figured this might give that clue away "xine dvd:///filename".

Possibly suggesting that "filename" was actually a... dvd image?

Anyway, I do appreciate your help. Problem solved, Thanks.