[digiKam-users] Play Video with VLC

[Henrik Hemrin]

Thanks, 

f/up questions: 

To Sveinn: 
Thanks for the proposal. I know PPA exist generally, but I have not learned how they work. One general concern I have, can I trust PPA? PPA is as I understand developed (or whatever term is best to use) by someone else than the developer. Can I trust a PPA has not manipulated the code? 

To Christian: 
I know Manjaro exist and is curious to one day install and explore it. Maybe it is as easy as Mint to use and good for me. One thing I like with Mint is their tools for system maintenance like update manager incl kernel cleanup, firmware check manager and more. 
I have noted that Manjaro is available with Xfce, which I probably would go for. 
Another concern is if I can uncertain if I really can install software .deb or .rpm on Manjaro? I doubt it is one-click installation. As examples I give two photography sw I use: a) Corel AfterShot Pro 3, in my license I have .rpm and .deb (in addition to the macOS version I currently use) b) VueScan. From their website, I can download .deb, .rpm, and .tgz. Are those two examples easy to get working on Manjaro? Or will a better environment for digiKam in Manjaro mean I will have worse environment for some other sw? 

(Paul Polillo, sorry if I take your query a bit outside of your original question, but hopefully it is somewhat useful information for you as well.)

By the way, the Linux Format magazine rated Pop!_OS as best Linux desktop 2022.

Best regards
Henrik


> 27 juni 2022 kl. 19:11 skrev CD.Graesser <cd.graesser at gmail.com>:
> 
> 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 <mailto: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 <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 <mailto: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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