Re: lynx.cfg - mime types - viewer for text terminal audio player mpg123

It's in the PATH and full path spec doesn't make a difference.
But the change in .mailcap is a work arround.
audio/mpeg; mpg123 -v %s

The VIEWER definition seems to check for the
DISPLAY env. It's set to DISPLAY=0
May be there is something wrong with the VIEWER defintion.

Thanks, Klaus




On Sun, 31 Mar 2024, Stef Caunter wrote:

> sounds like ubuntu can't find your player in $PATH so it falls back to vlc
>
> have you tried a full path to the player in your lynx.cfg on ubuntu?
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 14:24 Klaus-Peter Wegge <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> indeed, an entry in $HOME/.mailcap helps:
>> audio/mpeg; mpg123 -v %s
>>
>> But this definition is not restricted to lynx only.
>>
>> At least the text in .lynx.cfg is not correct:
>> # The suffix definitions listed here in the default lynx.cfg file are
>> # among those established via src/HTInit.c.  You can change any of the
>> # defaults by editing that file, or via the global or personal mime.types
>> # files at run time.  They will be overridden if you assign them here.
>> #
>> SUFFIX:.mp3:audio/mpeg
>> VIEWER:audio/mpeg:mpg123 -v %s
>>
>> ---
>>
>> The definition in .lynx.cfg seems to be ignored. It doesn't overwrite
>> others as described in the comment.
>> May be a hint to $HOME/.mailcap can be also added in .lynx.cfg.
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Klaus
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 31 Mar 2024, Rudy Vener wrote:
>>
>>> Check your $HOME/.mailcap file.
>>>
>>> Rudy
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 05:33:48PM +0200, Klaus-Peter Wegge wrote:
>>>> Dear lynx experts,
>>>>
>>>> I want to play mp3 files with the external text terminal player mpg123.
>>>> This does no longer wirk with my change from Debian to Ubuntu.
>>>>
>>>> I'm using:
>>>> lynx 2.9.0dev.10 - Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
>>>>
>>>> Extract from .lynx.cfg:
>>>> # MIME types and viewers!
>>>> #
>>>> SUFFIX:.mp3:audio/mpeg
>>>> VIEWER:audio/mpeg:mpg123 -v %s
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> Problem: vlc is started instead of mpg123.
>>>> It seems that the mime type definition in .lynx.cfg is ignored or
>>>> overwritten. Adding :NON_XWINDOWS or :XWINDOWS at the end of the
>>>> viewer definition has no effect.
>>>> In best case I'd like to start mpg123 independed from the setting of the
>>>> display environment variable.
>>>>
>>>> I found some discussion on this issue in the lynx-dev mailing list
>> archive
>>>> end 2018 but no solutiton.
>>>>
>>>> Any hint is very welcome
>>>>
>>>> Best, Klaus
>>>
>>> --
>>> Rudy Vener