Prevent VLC from always showing in the sound indicator

Asked Apr 26 '14 at 17:30

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VLC, a program I use only rarely, has an entry in the sound indicator. I can remove it using dconf by following instructions from Webupd8, but each time I start up VLC, despite it being in the "blacklisted-media-players" section, it reappears. I also tired some things listed here, but that didn't help either.

The entry "vlc.desktop" keeps appearing under "interested-media-players":

Is it possible to either prevent VLC from showing up in the sound indicator menu entirely, or, preferably, only show up when I'm actively using it?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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asked Apr 26 '14 at 17:30

Fern Moss

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Similar question: http://askubuntu.com/questions/40107/is-there-a-way-to-control-vlc-from-the-sound-menu – fossfreedom Apr 26 '14 at 17:58
The problem with that solution is that it involves checking/unchecking a setting in VLC's preferences (D-Bus control interface) that no longer exists (I'm using 2.1.2 by the way). – Fern Moss Apr 27 '14 at 00:20
see my edited answer here: http://askubuntu.com/a/468839/72216 (further below) – Jacob Vlijm May 23 '14 at 19:49
possible duplicate of Remove VLC player from sound menu in Unity bar or Modify indicator menu for active/inactive applications – user.dz May 24 '14 at 17:17
just to let you know, added another answer without the side effect Nick Bailuc mentioned http://askubuntu.com/a/484250/72216 – Jacob Vlijm Jun 16 '14 at 21:02

Prevent VLC from always showing in the sound indicator

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