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Can't make VLC my default media player

Asked by lasersail

Movie player is currently my default media player...some of the windows operating system file formats (MP3 & windows media stuff) are not supported. I have installed VLC and like it a lot. How can I make it so it is my default media player. I have tried to remove movie player and it says I can't because of a shared file??

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Mathias Uebelacker (muebelacker) said : 		#1

Hello,

right click on the file ->properties ->open with->select VLC and the all files with the same prefix will now open with VLC.

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Mathias

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Darrin Tisdale (tizzyd) said : 		#2

Dude there are bunches of different extensions. Gnome already has something like a default app for Email and for Web. Nothing for video player?

Sure we can hunting and pecking, but one point of simplicity is best.

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Best Mathias Uebelacker (muebelacker) said : 		#3

Hello,

i dont know another way, but i spend no time on a search for a different
solution.
br
Mathias

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, TizzyD wrote:

> Question #9380 on nautilus in ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+question/9380
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> TizzyD proposed the following answer:
> Dude there are bunches of different extensions. Gnome already has
> something like a default app for Email and for Web. Nothing for video
> player?
>
> Sure we can hunting and pecking, but one point of simplicity is best.
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lasersail (lasersail) said : 		#4

Thanks to all for your assistance. I solved the problem by going into proporties and saying open with...
Ubuntu actually lets you change proporties instead of just looking at them....cool

Thanks again problem solved

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Chris Barth (chrisjbarth) said : 		#5

This still doesn't truly answer the question. In Windows (I'm new to Linux) when I install VLC I'm given the option to set all supported extensions to open in VLC. I want to do something similar with Ubuntu and it doesn't seem possible. What am I missing? Choosing Open With... for each file type is painful.

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#6

New to Ubuntu some resources:

the Ubuntu Manual, it's very informative: http://ubuntu-manual.org/
Click on the "download Button" to download the latest PDF version.

http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Natty

The Ubuntu 11.04 Unity interface
http://theravingrick.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-effort-at-writing-help-for-unity.html
The Unity interface: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/natty/#what

- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromWindows
- The Ubuntu pocket guide: http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/
- The online help https://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/index.html

Ubuntu web sites:
http://yaserxp.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/discover-the-best-ubuntu-resources-on-the-web/

Ubuntu online magazine: Full Circle Magazine - Ubuntu's 'unofficial' magazine.
http://fullcirclemagazine.org