can't change default application for mp3s

[podzol]

LMDE

I can't change default application for opening mp3 files from Movie Player.

I've set the preferred application for multimedia player to audacious but when I click on an mp3 file it is still opened with Movie Player.
I've tried using Nautilus as root and changed setting under right click on file - properties - open with - and that stays at audacious but if I do the same not as root then I can't alter it there.
I've tried right click on an mp3 file - open with - then audacious and check the box for remember this application.

The problem seems to be just with mp3 files.

If I uninstall movie player, the default becomes some other application and still not audacious. The fault doesn't seem to be with audacious as I cannot change the default effectively to VLC either.

. . . any help appreciated.

[podzol]

LMDE

I can't change default application for opening mp3 files from Movie Player.

I've set the preferred application for multimedia player to audacious but when I click on an mp3 file it is still opened with Movie Player.
I've tried using Nautilus as root and changed setting under right click on file - properties - open with - and that stays at audacious but if I do the same not as root then I can't alter it there.
I've tried right click on an mp3 file - open with - then audacious and check the box for remember this application.

The problem seems to be just with mp3 files.

If I uninstall movie player, the default becomes some other application and still not audacious. The fault doesn't seem to be with audacious as I cannot change the default effectively to VLC either.

. . . any help appreciated.

The following seems to have worked:

Open /home/myusername/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
Replace all instances of the word 'totem' with 'audacious' in any of the lines which deal with audio (and there are a lot)

I'd still like to find out why the normal way of doing this doesn't work.

[podzol]

LMDE

I can't change default application for opening mp3 files from Movie Player.

I've set the preferred application for multimedia player to audacious but when I click on an mp3 file it is still opened with Movie Player.
I've tried using Nautilus as root and changed setting under right click on file - properties - open with - and that stays at audacious but if I do the same not as root then I can't alter it there.
I've tried right click on an mp3 file - open with - then audacious and check the box for remember this application.

The problem seems to be just with mp3 files.

If I uninstall movie player, the default becomes some other application and still not audacious. The fault doesn't seem to be with audacious as I cannot change the default effectively to VLC either.

. . . any help appreciated.

The following seems to have worked:

Open /home/myusername/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
Replace all instances of the word 'totem' with 'audacious' in any of the lines which deal with audio (and there are a lot)

I'd still like to find out why the normal way of doing this doesn't work.

H E L P M E S O M E O N E

I suppose this is related - I can't change my mouse from left to right handed click. I can tick the box for right-handed in the Mouse and Touchpad settings box and close it down, but my mouse is still on left click.

[podzol]

I tried a clean reinstall, but the issue of being unable to easily change the default application for mp3s to audacious remains.

I am using synapse as a launcher. When I enter mouse it brings up a windows titled 'mouse and touchpad'.
changing mouse orientation there does not work, however if I go to Control Centre, clicking on mouse there brings up a different window ('Mouse Preferences') and changing orientation there does work.

I also used Synapse to try and install a printer. It will bring up a window called 'printers' where it is possible to add printers. They didn't work. I had to reinstall in that window, then go to Control Centre and click on 'Printing' there which brings up a window called 'Printing - localhost' and that gives a choice of drivers to use and worked well for me.

It does seem misleading to have two separate graphical means of adding printers or changing mouse settings and in each case only one working.

Despite these very minor niggles, LMDE is fantastic - especially with the massive update. For me it seems more stable, faster and less Windows like than Ubuntu or the Mint versions of Unbuntu, and I expect to be installing it on a good few machines in the future.

[rop75]

I tried a clean reinstall, but the issue of being unable to easily change the default application for mp3s to audacious remains.

Just open a terminal and type: sudo gedit /etc/gnome/default.lists. That is the file you need to edit to change the default apps to open any kind of file

[podzol]

Thanks for the suggestion.

There is a file:
/etc/gnome/defaults.list

Would that edit default for all users whereas the one I edited only affects my login?

[Gid]

I had the exact same problem but with MPEG video files. They refused to open with anything but the bundled player (gnome-mplayer, I think). I uninstalled that program, and the MPEG file association stuck itself to VLC--so I uninstalled that and was finally allowed to use SMPlayer.

Had either gnome-mplayer or VLC been necessary apps, I'd still be dealing with the problem today.