Saving screenshots opens VLC-Player

Dancer18

When I tried out the screenshot feature I recognized that saving the screenshot as png or jpg opens up the VLC-Player, loading the image.

At the same time, the screenshot is saved in the standard folder.

This strange behavior only happens when saving. Not when copying to notes or clipboard.
And not on Windows10.
My standard apps for opening jpg and png files is NOT Vlc, but GIMP.

Any suggestions?

luetage

@Dancer18 Saving a screenshot shouldn’t open an application. At the moment I don’t really see how this is Vivaldi related, there is no setting to influence the behavior.

Dancer18

@luetage
Yes, just checked that it does not happen in the notebook (with the same Linux u. Vivaldi u. installed VLC).

After reinstalling VLC on the PC (previously deleting the profile folder) the phenomenon has reappeared.

Now I have uninstalled VLC for now, since I rarely need it anyway.

Dancer18

@Gwen-Dragon Thanks! Maybe it is an issue caused by VLC. I found rarely nothing about that in the internet, except one issue, that I didn't check bc it doesn't seem related closely.

reni

For me it is stored under $ HOME/Pictures/Vivaldi Captures/.
I also installed VLC, but that's no problem.

Dancer18

@reni Yes, here it is stored in the same folder (before I moved it one level higher to Pictures).
As I wrote the issue doesn't happen neither on my notebook with Linux + VLC nor on Windows + VLC.

reni

@Dancer18
Do you have the same problem with another / new user?

Dancer18

@reni Yes I have. I tried it as guest. Same issue on PC.

reni

@Dancer18 said in Saving screenshots opens VLC-Player:

Yes I have. I tried it as guest. Same issue on PC.

Dancer18

@reni It's not a big issue for me as I seldomly use VLC. I prefer Celluloid as standard player, and movie-streams are provided in browser.

So I deinstalled VLC.

luetage

@Dancer18 You are looking for a solution on the wrong end. Tap into the VLC settings to find an answer or ask in the VLC community forums.

Dancer18

@luetage Yes, you're right.

But I'm not looking for a solution any longer as I deinstalled VLC.

I agree that the problem is not caused by Vivaldi.
In the VLC settings I didn't find anything that could fix it.
VLC forum would be a good adress to check.