Playback does not start when using "Open" DBus method
When launching Videos via bus activation using the Open
method, such as happens when opening a video file from Files, the video widget is black, playback is not started, the interface is mostly insensitive and the subtitle/audio menus are empty. Video playback can be started however with a middle click in the video widget, at which point the interface also becomes sensitive etc.
When using the Open
method (either from org.gtk.Application
or org.freedesktop.Application
) while a video is playing, this stops playback again and returns the interface to the insensitive state.
This does not happen when launching Videos via totem "file:///path/to/video"
. In that case the video starts playing immediately.
I'm not sure if this is a recent regression in Videos or if Files only started using bus activation for opening files recently. I noticed this after upgrading to Fedora 37, which currently ships Videos 43.beta.