It's worth pointing out that there's a thread entitled "making VLC the default player for mp3 files" or something similar happening on list as I type that would've answered this question. Not having a major dig here, just saying that it's good to read as much as you post when starting out because you'll find you learn things you didn't even know you needed to know... bad grammar alert lol!!
I've reposted the steps to do this below just in case you don't have the reply in the other thread still: You can do this from within get info. Hit command-I on an AVI file. Interact with the scroll area. Use VO navigation, the item chooser, or whatever method you prefer to find the open with section. Whatever the selection is currently, it'll be a pop up menu, so hit space on that and use your arrows to scroll up or down to VLC. VO right a few times from there until you get to change all, the OS will bring up a dialog confirming you really want to do that, and once you confirm it you should be in business. hth Scott On 1/16/09, E.J. Zufelt <[email protected]> wrote: > Good evening, > > I removed the checkmark for avi in Quicktime. It appears that Windows > media Player, from a Windows XP Virtual Machine under Fusion is now > the default avi player. > > How do I make VLC in OS X the default? > > Thanks, > Everett > > > On 4-Jan-09, at 7:46 PM, David Poehlman wrote: > >> Hi Everett, >> >> Open quicktime player, choose quicktime preferences under the >> quicktime >> menu, click mimetypes button and choose the video types from the >> table and >> vo-space on it till it says unchecked. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "E.J. Zufelt" <[email protected]> >> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS >> Xby >> theblind" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 6:32 PM >> Subject: Making VLC the default player >> >> >> Good evening, >> >> Are there steps for making VLC the default AVI player? >> >> I tried control clicking on an AVI file and choosing Always Open >> With > VLC, >> but AVIs are still opening by default in Quicktime. >> >> Thanks, >> Everett >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >
