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I'm trying to set up a simple pc that basically boots, plays a training video that's saved in the base directory of the flash drive plugged into the pc, and that's it.

currently, I have a logon script set to run

sleep 5; totem --fullscreen /media/(username)/*asterisk*/*asterisk*.mp4

(specified where I placed asterisks because formatting turns them into italics)

which is just setup to wait a few seconds after boot to allow the pc to recognize the flash drive, then opens any .mp4 file located in any flash drive.

Is there any way to set this to open any video from multiple filetypes? I.E, open any .MP4/.MWV/ etc? (filetypes just for example - I'm not sure exactly what types they may end up using)

George Udosen
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james_D
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  • use xdg-open or gnome-open - personally xdg-open is probably best, see http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/36380/how-to-properly-and-easy-configure-xdg-open-without-any-enviroment – Panther Feb 14 '17 at 21:31
  • I'm no expert, so I could be very wrong, but what I'm trying to do is make the script run regardeless of what they plug into it, so if one time they plug in a usb with a .mp4, it'll run the video, OR, if they plug in a usb with a .wmv, it'll still run without changing the script at all. It looks like xdg-open just sets a preferred application - am I wrong and it can let me open whatever filetype I need? – james_D Feb 14 '17 at 21:58
  • xdg-open /path/to/file will open the file in question with the default media player. Yes you can set thee defaults as well. See also http://askubuntu.com/questions/642511/how-to-autorun-files-and-scripts-in-ubuntu-when-inserting-a-usb-stick-like-autor – Panther Feb 14 '17 at 22:02
  • but how does that open a file with a varying file type? I need the script to be able to open anything, regardless of if the user supplies a .mp4 / .avi / .mov etc – james_D Feb 15 '17 at 13:27
  • xdg-open /fpath/to/file.* – Panther Feb 15 '17 at 17:01

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