apparently the parameter --start-with-file is no longer recognized by vlc. My file manager (pcmanfm) refused to open media files with vlc, gdb shows vlc complaining about unrecognized option --start-with-file, until I removed the parameter in the vlc.desktop file in /usr/share/applications Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. leave desktopfile as is 2. 3. Actual Results: vlc does not open media files from file manager Expected Results: vlc opens media files please update vlc.desktop file
Yes, they've changed some other parameters as well; this one really sounds bad though. I run vlc manually from the console so this kind of has skipped my tests.
They have actually added the option for 2.1.0: https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/8839 And it is defined in here: http://git.videolan.org/?p=vlc/vlc-2.1.git;a=blob;f=src/libvlc-module.c;h=250e7913957d157aef0e9494a1eb9ba603f09817;hb=HEAD#l2020 Now, the interesting thing here is that it isn't defined if you don't have dbus; so, I'll patch it away for those not using dbus in the 2.1.2 version bump. + 15 Dec 2013; Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org> +vlc-2.1.2.ebuild, + vlc-2.1.9999.ebuild, vlc-9999.ebuild: + Do not use the --started-from-file parameter on USE="-dbus" in 2.1.2 and + newer; fixes bug #491618, reported by Peter Wood. Version bump to 2.1.2; fixes + bug #493856, reported by Ulenrich. Thank you for reporting.
