set vlc as default

[Peter Garrett]

On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:05:00 +0200
jonathan <jonathan at logical.co.zw> wrote:

> is there a way to set up vlc as the default player

If you mean "set vlc as default when clicking files in the nautilus file
manager", then yes, you can do it like this:

- right click file
- go to "Properties" at the bottom of the resulting menu
- set vlc in the "Open With" tab

Any file with that mime type will now open with vlc, provided of course
that vlc can handle that type . ( for instance .ogg, .mp3, .m3u  etc )

You can of course do this with other apps as well - for example you can
set your favourite editor to open text files etc. 

If the app you want is not in the list, you can add a custom command, and
select that when it appears in the list.

Peter