Playing OGM Files

[Dazed_75]

Thank you very much for that explanation!!!  Time to stop beating my head on
the wall.  Renaming may work, but is kind of pointless for this since the
files are on a DVD.  Since there is a workaround to play it there is no
point in copying it all to rename.

It really does make me wonder why it plays out of the box for Joe Zagar
though.  It has to be something about his configuration for Totem.

On 10/15/06, Joseph Sinclair <plug-discussion at stcaz.net> wrote:
>
> Dazed_75 wrote:
> <<SNIP>>
> >> DOES still show VLC as the default.  However, double clicking on the
> file
> >> yields the message:
> >
> >> Cannot open go_open-1x01.ogm
> >> The filename "go_open-1x01.ogm" indicates that this file is of type
> "OGM
> >> video". The contents of the file indicate that the file is of type "Ogg
> >> Theora video". If you open this file, the file might present a security
> >> risk
> >> to your system.
> >
> >> Do not open the file unless you created the file yourself, or received
> the
> >> file from a trusted source. To open the file, rename the file to the
> >> correct
> >> extension for "Ogg Theora video", then open the file normally.
> >> Alternatively, use the Open With menu to choose a specific application
> for
> >> the file.
> >
> <<SNIP>>
>
>
> You have encountered the now infamous GNOME MIME types bug.
>
> <RANT>
> The GNOME developers, around the same time they removed the menu editor,
> also removed the MIME types editor, they then added in a check to ensure
> that the MIME type of a file matched it's extension.  The problem is that
> they default set of extensions is TERRIBLE, and there's no way to edit
> it.  I've been looking for the proper config file, and it seems to be in the
> binary GNOME configuration database, and hence uneditable.
> Basically, Nautilus uses file extension as registered in the MIME types to
> determine what it *thinks* a file should be, then looks at the data to
> determine what it *thinks* it is.  If they don't match, it won't open the
> file.  Try renaming a text file to .text.  The message that comes up is that
> the file is a text file, but it appears to be a text file, and Nautilus
> won't open it, it'd be funny, except it drives one nuts.
>
> I like the Look-and-feel of GNOME, but I'm starting to want to throttle
> each and every GNOME developer, individually and collectively, because their
> obsession with perfecting the usability of the system is making it
> completely unusable for well over 2 years now.  They need to stop trying to
> make everything perfect and get a system people can actually use, then they
> can play with making things perfect.
> </RANT>
>
> You're pretty much stuck if you leave the extension alone, try renaming
> the file to .OGG or .OGT, it may fix the problem.
>
> ==Joseph++
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