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Making VLC the Default

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 14:22
by moosic-mad
I have installed VLC Media Player and i really enjoy using it to play my CD's and DVD's. But could someone tell me how i can make the VLC Media Player the default application for playing CD's and DVD's. I am running Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). Thanks

Re: Making VLC the Default

Posted: 09 Jan 2010 10:09
by mc2man
There are probably half a dozen ways to access and or enable "File Management "where the setting can be made...
A couple
in terminal - then enable in system -> preferences, then access thru there

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alacarte
to access directly

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nautilus-file-management-properties
Insert your media holding down the shift button on keyboard - pop up is self explanatory

Whether you get proper cddb info with 1.0.2 in karmic I'm not sure - at very least 'album art download policy' should be set to 'as soon as track is added'

If not vlc in lucid will be much better - 1.0.4 atm and libcddb2-dev was added as a build depend

Re: Making VLC the Default

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 10:28
by moosic-mad
Thanks for the info mc2man.