Changing default media player in Fedora 11?

Question

I've downloaded & installed VLC, and it works fine.

However, I can't figure out how to set it to be the default - under Preferences -> Preferred Applications, Multimedia changing the "Multimedia Player" command doesn't seem to do anything.

How is this set?

Answer 1

You should be able to do this the old-fashioned way, by right-clicking a file of the type you want VLC to play, and selecting VLC as the player to use in the Open With.. menu item.

Alternatively, you can specify the mime-types you want VLC to handle by following the steps on the VLC wiki page: How to make VLC the default player. This procedure will work for any kind of media you wish to configure.

Have a look at my answer on how to change default apps on Ubuntu by configuring the mime-types. The file location might be different on Fedora, but the procedure should remains the same because it is how Gnome behaves.