Change default app for DVD playback

George Farris farrisg at cc.mala.bc.ca
Thu Jun 28 16:24:51 UTC 2007


On Fri, 2007-29-06 at 01:09 +0900, Craig Hagerman wrote:
> on my Ubuntu box it seems that Totem is the default application for
> DVD playback. I don't really like Totem and would prefer to use Xine
> as the default. If I am playing a DVD it is a simple matter of
> quitting Totem when it starts up automatically and starting Xine...
> but my girlfriend doesn't want to have to remember all of this
> technical stuff. Is there a way I can change what app automatically
> deals with DVDs within Ubuntu. 
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Craig

Here is a suggestion.  Go through your Preferences menu and look at each
item.  Explore all of them.  If you can't figure it out after that, come
back to the list.

Cheers






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