Bug#762564: vlc: Please add video/ogg as supported mime type for Ogg Theora

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

Package: vlc
Version: 2.2.0~pre2-4
Severity: important
User: debian-edu at lists.debian.org
Usertags: debian-edu

Please add video/ogg to the vlc desktop file, to indicate that vlc can
play Ogg Theora files.

This is the use case: I record a screen session using
gtk-recordmydesktop, and when I stop the recording it store the video as
Ogg Theora and I end up with a file out.ogv in my home directory.  I
next visit the KDE file manager, and click on the video to play the
recording.  The audacity program is started, and it fail to display
anything and just hang.  I believe the same problem happen with other
file managers too, but have not checked them all.  The audacity hang of
course is an error in itself, but the real error here is that the wrong
program is started.  For Ogg Theora files, it would be better if vlc or
another installed video player is started.  The audio tools are not fit
for the task!

For this to work, the "file --mime-type out.ogv" program should not
return "application/ogg" but a video related MIME type like "video/ogg",
and all video players capable of playing Ogg Theora files should list
that MIME type in their .desktop file.  I've asked for file to change
behavour (bug #762561), and now ask the video players to change their
list of MIME types handled and add "video/ogg".  Please add it before
Jessie to make this happen. :)

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Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen