VLC As Primary Media Player

Hey guys,

Recent Mac switcher - have a question. Is there a way to make video files automatically play in VLC without having to right click and choose program? No offense to QuickTime, but it can seem to only play about 20% of my movie files properly.

Symon

Sure. You'll have to do this for each file type, but right-click one you want to play and select get-info. About halfway down you'll see the "Open with:" panel. Choose VLC from the dropdown list and then click the "Change All..." button.

djames42 said:

Sure. You'll have to do this for each file type, but right-click one you want to play and select get-info. About halfway down you'll see the "Open with:" panel. Choose VLC from the dropdown list and then click the "Change All..." button.

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Thanks so much djames42. This is going to save me a lot of pain!

Symon

Oh, and alternately, you could also just install some of the codecs for QuickTime to add support. Flip4Mac is a free wmv plugin. DivX also has a free codec for QuickTime. Doing this will allow video embedded in web pages to play more easily as well.