Bug 434574

Summary:	F4 to play video on external VLC player do not start VLC.
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	skoupad-bugzilla
Component:	Preview-Video	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	caulier.gilles
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	7.1.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Appimage
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:	7.2.0
Sentry Crash Report:

Description skoupad-bugzilla 2021-03-18 10:55:31 UTC

It used to work on previous versions, but in version 7.1.0 appimage when I press F4 to play a video to the external VLC player it tries to start but crashes VLC. If VLC is already running, it plays the video without problem. It only happens if digikam tries to start VLC and play a video that the VLC crashes.

In console it gives the following message:

"""
GLib-GIO-WARNING **: 12:25:30.652: /home/username/.local/share/applications/defaults.list contains a [Added Associations] group, but it is not permitted here.  Only the non-desktop-specific mimeapps.list file may add or remove associations.
VLC media player 3.0.12 Vetinari (revision xxxxxxxxxxx)
"""

Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2021-03-18 11:04:23 UTC

Can you check if problem remain with digiKam 7.2.0 pre release AppImage bundle available here :

https://files.kde.org/digikam/

Gilles Caulier

Comment 2 skoupad-bugzilla 2021-03-18 11:32:59 UTC

With digiKam 7.2.0 pre release AppImage it seems to work.