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abi

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Registered: 2015-03-09

Posts: 8

Parole problems

I have 2 issues with parole media player

1. When I press space button to pause, the window turns black entirely and I don't see still frame. Looks like media format doesn't matter.
2. Open dialog ignores thunar's misc-folders-first setting

Any suggestions how to fix this?
Thank you.

Last edited by abi (2015-03-15 15:15:22)

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,002

Re: Parole problems

Which version of Parole are you using? The following answers assume the later versions built on gtk3.

1. When I press space button to pause, the window turns black entirely and I don't see still frame. Looks like media format doesn't matter.

Which back-end are you using? I notice that if you enable the clutter back-end, I get the still frame. The other back-ends are hit and miss for me.

2. Open dialog ignores thunar's misc-folders-first setting

For GTK3, you can configure the sort-directories-first setting using the dconf editor and navigating to org>gtk>settings>file-chooser.

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sonycdr

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Registered: 2009-01-30

Posts: 130

Re: Parole problems

I guess abi you are on Vbox machine. if so, you have to set the video output to x11/Xv
Same for VLC or any other video player

Last edited by sonycdr (2015-03-15 16:22:50)

abi

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Registered: 2015-03-09

Posts: 8

Re: Parole problems

1. I didn't notice that my parole was compiled without clutter support. Clutter backend works like a charm.
2. Thank you. I'm new to GTK3 and thought misc-folders-first would work to all xfce goodies :-)