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[Bill Filler <bill.filler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ota9.5 will have the change you are referring to. You'll be able to open video directly in media player, skipping gallery step. Video will still be present in gallery after so you can watch at any time later too. 

> On Jan 30, 2016, at 3:49 PM, Marcos Alonso <corrosab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi to all again.
> 
> When, from the file manager I try to open a video (I just can .mp4, but that' s another issue), it gives me the option to do so through the gallery.
> 
> Then, after selecting the gallery, it takes around 1 minute to show me the tumbanails then I have to found the video and then I can open with the media application.
> 
> To skip such annoying and wasting time process, I launch the media application from the terminal indicating where the video is then being much more faster.
> 
> As you can imagine, opening a video from the terminal is good for learning but not so practical in terms of efficiency.
> 
> Is there any way to associate the .mp4 to the media application such that is directly opened from the file manager (thus skipping the annoying gallery).
> 
> Thanks again.
> Marcos
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