start dvd menu on double-click on the desktop icon
Category: Ubuntu-Absolute Beginner
i'd like to start video dvds with double click on the desktop icon. i have feisty and it now the double click only opens the file manager window. i want it to open the dvd menu just like when inserting the dvd. is that possible?
i'm sure you can make a custom script to do the job. i can't help you there. my guess would be to make it would be:
point script toward drive
tell your player of choice to open it (i like vlc)
just as a test i created a desktop launcher. simple and crude but it worked for.
using gnome right? right click desktop and "create launcher..."
name your file, i called it "play dvd". give a description, just name it whatever works for you.
i use vlc to play dvds so in command i put: vlc /media/dvdrecorder.
and it worked!
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originally posted by crispy_420
i'm sure you can make a custom script to do the job. i can't help you there. my guess would be to make it would be:
point script toward drive
tell your player of choice to open it (i like vlc)
just as a test i created a desktop launcher. simple and crude but it worked for.
using gnome right? right click desktop and "create launcher..."
name your file, i called it "play dvd". give a description, just name it whatever works for you.
i use vlc to play dvds so in command i put: vlc /media/dvdrecorder.
and it worked!
thank you, this seems to work for me, too, except that i had to replace dvdrecorder with cdrom0 (and vlc with totem).
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i guess what ever player works for you and a location of you choice. should work with dvds ripped to hard drive as well.