Re: how to make vlc to default videoplayer in gnome

[Alexandre GRIVEAUX <agriveaux@deutnet.info>]

Hello,

A easy fix:

Try a right click on the files you want to open, select tab 'open with'
and choose VLC



Le 10/11/2016 à 12:40, Fekete Tamás a écrit :
> Dear all,
>
> I have problems with setting up the default video player program in GNOME.
>
> I tried to vi /etc/gnome/defaults.list as root.
>
> I modified a line first like this:
> video/flv=vlc.Totem
>
> I quit from my gnome session, than started the X again.
>
> The default app still wasn't vlc, so I tried to edit
> /etc/gnome/defaults.list like this:
> video/flv=vlc.Totem.desktop
>
> A repeated the gnome restart procedure, but the default player still
> hasn't change.
>
> Can anyone help me, what is the correct text has to be in
> defaults.list to make vlc to my default player?
> Or is there any other file I have to modify?
>
> I use debian 8.6 amd64 version which is upgraded from debian 8.5
>
> - Tamas Fekete
>