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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Problem with media:/
From:       Adam Pigg <adam () piggz ! co ! uk>
Date:       2004-12-24 22:34:29
Message-ID: 200412242234.30158.adam () piggz ! co ! uk
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It works a lot better with that patch...this is what now happens

clicking on an avi loads it instantly in kmplayer (good)
right clicking and selecting either 'open in kmplayer' or 'open in kaffeine' 
still downloads the file (bad)

but atleast its getting there

cheers

PiggZ

On Friday 24 Dec 2004 10:09, Kévin Ottens wrote:
> Le Jeudi 23 Décembre 2004 21:17, Adam Pigg a écrit :
> > I click media:/
> > a hd
> > browse to an avi
> > click it
> > instead of it opening in kmplayer, konqueror downloads it to a temp file.
>
> Yes, that's because file:/ is a special ioslave... it's not considered the
> same way than other protocols. Even protocols in the :local class.
>
> > Discussing it on #kde-devel would indicate that the problem lies with the
> > way media:/ browses, eg:
> > media:/hda/movies/blah.avi
>
> It simply the fact that it browses... redirecting is now browsing after
> all. :-)
>
> > It would be nice to 'have your cake and eat it' but i guess it maybe
> > needs discussed.
>
> The situation already improved a lot. At the start you cannot even use
> correctly desktop files. The kio framework has now a new kind of UDSAtom
> called UDS_LOCAL_PATH which indicates if the file is also accessible on the
> local filesystem. We're not so far from the ideal situation...
>
> Could you test the provided patch?
> It must apply on kdebase/libkonq, it's the last place I know where
> something can ignore UDS_LOCAL_PATH. For applications using directly
> KFileItem::run() it should work since it's already patched.
>
> If it works well for you and it is approved by a konqi devel, I'll commit
> it.
>
> Regards.

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