Re: [Lynx-dev] Still Cannot Play mp3s from LYNX?

[Jude DaShiell]

mpv is definitely on both systems and verified with which command
correct?  ubuntu does things in control center or preferences or default
programs that override what it considers inferior preferences and these
have to be changed on the graphical level.

On Fri, 25 May 2018, Chime Hart wrote:

> Date: Fri, 25 May 2018 21:43:37
> From: Chime Hart <address@hidden>
> To: Discussion of Lynx Issues <address@hidden>
> Subject: [Lynx-dev] Still Cannot Play mp3s from LYNX?
>
> First of all, thanks Jude for your extensive list of mimes. So-far nothing we
> have done has changed anything, similar Debian on both laptop-and-desktop.
> Laptop defalts to vlc and desktop runs alsaplayer, but I would like mpv. Here
> is Marc to better explain what we've tried so-far.
>
> First off working on buster/sid debian. Tried to edit the lynx.cfg like these:
> SUFFIX:.mp3:audio/mp3
>
> then
> SUFFIX:.mp3:application: mpv %2
>
> then
>
> SUFFIX:.mp3:audo/mpeg
>
>
> I've tried to set a .local/share/applications/mimeapps.list with
> audio/mp3=mpv.desktop.  That was supposed to override the default mime
> associations. Then I tried to change the default associations themselves.
> using openmime -d did not work. it didn't seem to have enough permission even
> with sudo. Tried to set them with xdg-mime default, but did not seem to work.
> finally manually edited all the .desktop files to remove mp3 from any but mpv
> and restart. No joy. Back again-and-we thank you in advance for additional
> guidance
> Chime
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