[digiKam-users] Play Video with VLC

[CD.Graesser]

Because of the lag of updates I moved away from ubuntu based distro to
Manjaro with KDE, which is user friendly and easy to use/install. The
packages are then maintained by Arch and often only a few days after
release available.

Christian

Sveinn í Felli <sv1 at fellsnet.is> schrieb am Mo., 27. Juni 2022, 17:53:

> 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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