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Okay so maybe I'm being stupid, but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong, so I'm asking here for help.

I made a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications to create a shortcut for a specific command I usually ran in the terminal. However, no matter how I put it, launching the app doesn't do anything.

Here's the .desktop file I currently have:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Version=1.0
Exec=mpv https://iptv-ch.github.io/netplus.m3u
MimeType=application/streamingmedia;application/x-streamingmedia;
Icon=/home/yves/Images/download-icon-television+tv+icon-1320086462225673727_512.png
Terminal=false
Name=Télévision FR
GenericName=Télévision FR
Comment=Accès TV France via IPTV
Categories=AudioVideo;Video;Player;TV;Application;

I looked for stackoverflow help and figures that maybe doing Exec=bash -c 'mpv https://iptv-ch.github.io/netplus.m3u' instead would work better, but it gave me the exact same results. Even when I set Terminal=true, no terminal opens on launch.

What am I doing wrong?

archuser
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  • did you validate it with desktop-file-validate? Did you try giving the full path to mpv? – stoney Jul 26 '22 at 11:30
  • Instead of calling command-line tools mpv or bash, try calling a windowed application like the terminal itself. Exec=gnome-terminal -- mpv https://... – Stewart Jul 26 '22 at 11:34
  • desktop-file-validate gives no result and I'm not using gnome but I'll look into it – archuser Jul 26 '22 at 11:50

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