Ark doesn't use the system default video player (in my case VLC) to play video files. I'm setting the severity to major because I have no idea what player it's using, but it's pretty buggy itself.
VLC doesn't support embedding in KPart. What you are seeing it's probably the dragon player part. Does it open VLC if you click the Open button (rather than clicking the video file)?
Yes, the video is played in VLC when I use Open from either the button or the menu. Dragon player, although has it's own buggs, plays the video fine when used with the 'Open With' menu option, but the embedded player for ark has a large black square in the upper left corner of the video. If this is indeed Dragon player, let me know and I'll open a bug report over there. Is it really necessary to use an embedded an player here? I don't often play videos from within Ark, but when I do, I'd rather them play with my chosen player. I use VLC for the simple reason that Dragon Player has been buggy since it's inception. Perhaps an option to use the embedded or system player. Thank you for the quick reply, Elvis. If this is a problem with Dragon Player, can this issue be closed?
(In reply to lnxusr from comment #2) > Yes, the video is played in VLC when I use Open from either the button or > the menu. Dragon player, although has it's own buggs, plays the video fine > when used with the 'Open With' menu option, but the embedded player for ark > has a large black square in the upper left corner of the video. If this is > indeed Dragon player, let me know and I'll open a bug report over there. You can check which is the preferred application for embedding at: System Settings -> Applications -> File Associations (look for the video file type, then check the Embedding tab). > Is it really necessary to use an embedded an player here? I don't often play > videos from within Ark, but when I do, I'd rather them play with my chosen > player. I use VLC for the simple reason that Dragon Player has been buggy > since it's inception. Perhaps an option to use the embedded or system > player. In the same place I mentioned above, you can disable the embedded player for videos, if you wish. > > Thank you for the quick reply, Elvis. If this is a problem with Dragon > Player, can this issue be closed? Sure :)
(In reply to Elvis Angelaccio from comment #3) > (In reply to lnxusr from comment #2) > > Yes, the video is played in VLC when I use Open from either the button or > > the menu. Dragon player, although has it's own buggs, plays the video fine > > when used with the 'Open With' menu option, but the embedded player for ark > > has a large black square in the upper left corner of the video. If this is > > indeed Dragon player, let me know and I'll open a bug report over there. > > You can check which is the preferred application for embedding at: System > Settings -> Applications -> File Associations (look for the video file type, > then check the Embedding tab). > > > Is it really necessary to use an embedded an player here? I don't often play > > videos from within Ark, but when I do, I'd rather them play with my chosen > > player. I use VLC for the simple reason that Dragon Player has been buggy > > since it's inception. Perhaps an option to use the embedded or system > > player. > > In the same place I mentioned above, you can disable the embedded player for > videos, if you wish. > I have VLC set as default for video/mp4 already, and tried both 'Show file in separate viewer' and 'Use settings for 'video' group' with no effect. It seems Ark want's to use the embedded viewer no matter what, but I don't know if this is in Ark or a bug somewhere else in KDE. Either option in the 'Left Click Action' box for the file type has no affect in Konqueror file manager. Other than Ark, which is opened when I click the archive in both Konqueror and Dolphin. > > > > Thank you for the quick reply, Elvis. If this is a problem with Dragon > > Player, can this issue be closed? > > Sure :) Maybe hold off on closing this until it's determined this is not actually Ark causing the embedded editor to open. Should I report this as a bug somewhere else? I don't know how to look into this further. The only other graphical file manager I use is Krusader, and that opens VLC from within archives.
Sorry, I should have mentioned that VLC cannot be embedded as it doesn't use the KPart library.