[SOLVED] Deluge mime types, opening movie files 'default' player changes

BW-userx · 03-10-2018, 11:13 AM

I got Deluge, downloaded a movie, going through Deluge, I select open, it opens the movie in a player (VLC). but not always. mp4 movie sometimes it opens dragon player which in turn just shows some graphics crap but not the movie itself. got tired of that, so I removed dragon player ( I don't ever use it anyways),to force it to hopefully open VLC, then gave it another try, and this time it opened the same movie in FireFox and started playing instead.

the MIME editor is set for VLC for both mp4 types it is showing in there on is a movie and the other one is showing that music staff.

Deluge has no where I seen an option to select the player to use for default hwne going through Deluge to open a file, if it is a movie then use same said defualt movie player.

kevmccor · 03-11-2018, 08:48 AM

I hope someone will explain the mime type system in Slackware in this thread. Programs often give themselves the mime default, but these are not necessarily the programs one wants as the default. I use fluxbox and I have not found a good way to manage mime types.

BW-userx · 03-11-2018, 09:12 AM

You just sparked a thought. The desktop file might be a place to look. I think they do mime types in there too. When I get a chance to get my laptop running I’m going to look into it. I’m on my phone right now.

ponce · 03-11-2018, 01:38 PM

https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...1/#post5768895

kevmccor · 03-12-2018, 09:14 AM

Looking at the thread #post5768895, I come up with the following method:

1) identify the mime type of the file in question

Code:

 xdg-mime query filetype path_to_file

2) locate the *.desktop file for the desired application

Code:

 ls /usr/share/applications/  (/usr/share/applications/kde/)

3) set the mime-type default application

Code:

 xdg-mime default application.desktop mime/type

4) test the result

Code:

 xdg-mime query default mime/type

Note the xdg-mime man page recommends only using the command as a regular user during a desktop session.

BW-userx · 03-12-2018, 09:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevmccor

Looking at the thread #post5768895, I come up with the following method:

1) identify the mime type of the file in question

Code:

 xdg-mime query filetype path_to_file

where it states file type what is it talking about on exact format of this wording.
in man xdg-mime it shows,

Code:

EXAMPLES
           xdg-mime query filetype /tmp/foobar.png

       Prints the MIME type of the file /tmp/foobar.png, in this case
       image/png

           xdg-mime query default image/png

here, i get I have no idea what you're talking about errors.

mkv

Code:

 
$ xdg-mime --help
   xdg-mime -- command line tool for querying information about
   file type handling and adding descriptions for new file types

Synopsis

   xdg-mime query { filetype | default } ...

   xdg-mime default application mimetype(s)

   xdg-mime install [--mode mode] [--novendor] mimetypes-file

   xdg-mime uninstall [--mode mode] mimetypes-file

   xdg-mime { --help | --manual | --version }

Use 'man xdg-mime' or 'xdg-mime --manual' for additional info.
 
$ xdg-mime mp4   
xdg-mime: unknown command 'mp4'
Try 'xdg-mime --help' for more information.
 
$ xdg-mime mkv "/media/data/deluge-completed/The Man In The Iron Mask (1998)/The.Man.In.The.Iron.Mask.1998.BrRip.720p.x264.YIFY.mkv"
xdg-mime: unknown command 'mkv'
Try 'xdg-mime --help' for more information.
 
$ xdg-mime video "/media/data/deluge-completed/The Man In The Iron Mask (1998)/The.Man.In.The.Iron.Mask.1998.BrRip.720p.x264.YIFY.mkv"
xdg-mime: unknown command 'video'
Try 'xdg-mime --help' for more information.
userx@slackwhere101:~

mp4

Code:

$ xdg-mime query "/media/data/deluge-completed/Viral (2016) [1080p] [YTS.AG]/Viral.2016.1080p.BluRay.x264-[YTS.AG].mp4"
xdg-mime: unknown query type '/media/data/deluge-completed/Viral (2016) [1080p] [YTS.AG]/Viral.2016.1080p.BluRay.x264-[YTS.AG].mp4'
Try 'xdg-mime --help' for more information.

from man page example

Code:

      xdg-mime query default image/png

so I try this,

Code:

 
$ xdg-mime query video/mkv
xdg-mime: unknown query type 'video/mkv'
Try 'xdg-mime --help' for more information. 


 
$ xdg-mime query video/mp4
xdg-mime: unknown query type 'video/mp4'
Try 'xdg-mime --help' for more information.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevmccor

2) locate the *.desktop file for the desired application

Code:

 ls /usr/share/applications/  (/usr/share/applications/kde/)

3) set the mime-type default application

Code:

 xdg-mime default application.desktop mime/type

4) test the result

Code:

 xdg-mime query default mime/type

Note the xdg-mime man page recommends only using the command as a regular user during a desktop session.

using this command

Code:

 xdg-mime default application.desktop mime/type

appears to have fixed this issue, thus far.

Thanks.

kevmccor · 03-19-2018, 04:31 PM

Quote:

so I try this,
Code:

Code:

 
$ xdg-mime query video/mkv
xdg-mime: unknown query type 'video/mkv'
Try 'xdg-mime --help' for more information. 
 
$ xdg-mime query video/mp4
xdg-mime: unknown query type 'video/mp4'
Try 'xdg-mime --help' for more information.

You are missing an argument: xdg-mime query default video/mkv

I think xdg-mime query requires either "default" or "filetype" to know what to do and the last argument is the specific item.
--> xdg-mime query default mime-type or xdg-mime query filetype path_to_file

BW-userx · 03-19-2018, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevmccor

You are missing an argument: xdg-mime query default video/mkv

I think xdg-mime query requires either "default" or "filetype" to know what to do and the last argument is the specific item.
--> xdg-mime query default mime-type or xdg-mime query filetype path_to_file

O'Kay I see what you're saying. thanks.