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  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="media#photos"/>

    <link type="guide" xref="media#videos"/>

    <link type="guide" xref="media#music"/>

    <link type="guide" xref="files#removable"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.7.1" version="0.2" date="2012-11-16" status="outdated"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.9.92" date="2013-10-04" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-22" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="candidate"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>ਗਨੋਮ ਦਸਤਾਵੇਜ਼ ਪ੍ਰੋਜੈਕਟ</name>

      <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Shobha Tyagi</name>

      <email>tyagishobha@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>David King</name>

      <email>amigadave@amigadave.com</email>

    </credit>

    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

    <desc>Automatically run applications for CDs and DVDs, cameras,

    audio players, and other devices and media.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Open applications for devices or discs</title>

  
You can have an application automatically start when you plug in a device

  or insert a disc or media card. For example, you might want your photo

  organizer to start when you plug in a digital camera. You can also turn this

  off, so that nothing happens when you plug something in.

  
To decide which applications should start when you plug in various

  devices: 

<steps>

  <item>

    
Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and

    start typing <gui>Details</gui>.

  </item>

  <item>

    
Click on <gui>Details</gui> to open the panel.

  </item>

  <item>

    
Click <gui>Removable Media</gui>.

  </item>

  <item>

    
Find your desired device or media type, and then choose an application

    or action for that media type. See below for a description of the different

    types of devices and media.

    
Instead of starting an application, you can also set it so that the

    device will be shown in the file manager, with the <gui>Open folder</gui>

    option. When that happens, you will be asked what to do, or nothing will

    happen automatically.

  </item>

  <item>

    
If you do not see the device or media type that you want to change in

    the list (such as Blu-ray discs or E-book readers), click <gui>Other

    Media…</gui> to see a more detailed list of devices. Select the type of

    device or media from the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down and the application or

    action from the <gui>Action</gui> drop-down.

  </item>

</steps>

  <note style="tip">

    
If you do not want any applications to be opened automatically, whatever

    you plug in, select <gui>Never prompt or start programs on media

    insertion</gui> at the bottom of the <gui>Details</gui> window.

  </note>

<section id="files-types-of-devices">

  <title>Types of devices and media</title>

<terms>

  <item>

    <title>Audio discs</title>

    
Choose your favorite music application or CD audio extractor to handle

    audio CDs. If you use audio DVDs (DVD-A), select how to open them under

    <gui>Other Media…</gui>. If you open an audio disc with the file manager,

    the tracks will appear as WAV files that you can play in any audio player

    application.

  </item>

  <item>

    <title>Video discs</title>

    
Choose your favorite video application to handle video DVDs. Use the

    <gui>Other Media…</gui> button to set an application for Blu-ray, HD DVD,

    video CD (VCD), and super video CD (SVCD). If DVDs or other video discs

    do not work correctly when you insert them, see <link xref="video-dvd"/>.

  </item>

  <item>

    <title>Blank discs</title>

    
Use the <gui>Other Media…</gui> button to select a disc-writing

    application for blank CDs, blank DVDs, blank Blu-ray discs, and blank HD

    DVDs.

  </item>

  <item>

    <title>Cameras and photos</title>

    
Use the <gui>Photos</gui> drop-down to choose a photo-management

    application to run when you plug in your digital camera, or when you insert

    a media card from a camera, such as a CF, SD, MMC, or MS card. You can also

    simply browse your photos using the file manager.

    
Under <gui>Other Media…</gui>, you can select an application to open

    Kodak picture CDs, such as those you might have made in a store. These are

    regular data CDs with JPEG images in a folder called

    <file>Pictures</file>.

  </item>

  <item>

    <title>Music players</title>

    
Choose an application to manage the music library on your portable music

    player, or manage the files yourself using the file manager.

    </item>

    <item>

      <title>E-book readers</title>

      
Use the <gui>Other Media…</gui> button to choose an application to

      manage the books on your e-book reader, or manage the files yourself

      using the file manager.

    </item>

    <item>

      <title>Software</title>

      
Some discs and removable media contain software that is supposed to be

      run automatically when the media is inserted. Use the <gui>Software</gui>

      option to control what to do when media with autorun software is

      inserted. You will always be prompted for a confirmation before software

      is run.

      <note style="warning">

        
Never run software from media you don’t trust.

      </note>

   </item>

</terms>

</section>

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