[digiKam-users] Play Video with VLC

[Sveinn í Felli]

Hi Henrik,

The vanilla software-repositories for Linux Mint and most Ubuntu-based 
distros are sometimes lagging seriously behind official digiKam versions.
Fortunately there are enthusiastic packagers who distribute new versions 
quite rapidly via PPA-repos, which you can install. I'm using digiKam 
7.7.0 on Mint 20.2 via the http://ppa.launchpad.net/savoury1 repository.

Installed through PPA's is considered ”native”.

best regards,
Sveinn


Þann 27.6.2022 14:13, skrifaði Henrik Hemrin:
> Hi,
> 
> Help me to understand:
> 
> I am not very experienced, I have been tryingg out Linux for a few years and plan to use it as daily driver (to replace macOS). My primary GNU/Linux is Linux Mint. Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu (although there also is a version LMDE based on Debian).
> 
> I use the digiKam AppImage. DigiKam exist also in the Mint repository (I mean also as ”native”, not only snap or flat), but relatively old version and I have therefore I have decided to use AppImage. In my experience, digiKam AppImage works well on Ubuntu-based Mint.
> 
> VLC, I have installed from Mint repository (”native”, not flat or snap). So on Ubuntubased Mint, I can get VLC without Snap or Flat (I have not checked how up to date the version is).
> 
> I have not tried to real question below, if VLC can start from within digiKam or not. Nor have I tried Pop!_OS.
> 
> So my concern is why it is difficult to understand for me that I should not use digiKam with any Ubuntubased distro? To me, Mint is generally such a good distro for me, so pity if it is not good for the digiKam application. Will it be better if I go for Debian/Debian based distro?
> 
> (This reply is somewhat out of topic of the question from Paul)
> 
> Best regards
> Henrik
> 
> 
> 
>> 27 juni 2022 kl. 06:31 skrev Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com>:
>>
>> 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.
>>
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