[digiKam-users] Play Video with VLC

[Maik Qualmann]

The problems start that Pop!_OS is based on Ubuntu. Ubuntu does not provide 
native packages for digiKam. digiKam's snap packages are useless, the snap 
package format is a sandboxed container. With digiKam in a snap package you 
hardly have the possibility to access files outside of your home area. Since 
VLC is also a snap package, it becomes even more difficult to start it. I can't 
even recommend our AppImage since VLC is only available as a snap package. 
Look for a modern KF5 plasma based Linux distribution in which digiKam is 
natively available.

Maik

Am Montag, 27. Juni 2022, 02:47:01 CEST schrieb Paul Polillo:
> I'm trying to figure out to make videos play in VLC using F4 or "Open
> With..." or some other method (I think I saw something about Alt +
> Double Click).
> 
> I running Pop!_OS. I installed digiKam and VLC via snap. I have tried
> everything that my limited experience knows how to do, but the only way
> I can get the videos to open in VLC is by right-clicking, "Open With..."
> and then selecting Url Handler Script which then opens a window and from
> there I have to click on VLC and then the video opens. Too many steps.
> 
> Can anyone point me to some instructions on making this work?
> 
> I apologize for any ignorance on my end. I recently moved to Linux from
> a macOS environment. Trying to give up on big tech. So far digiKam has
> been a great alternative to Lightroom.