How can I set the default dvd player to VideoLan?

[ramasdf123]

How can i set the default dvd player to be VideoLan and not the movie player?

[hanzomon4]

Right click on a video file and select properties.
Then click on the "Open with" tab and select VLC.
Repeat this for any other formats you have(.wmv, .avi, .ogg, etc)

There's probably a better way to do this that I don't know about...

[tagra123]

How can i set the default dvd player to be VideoLan and not the movie player?

From a terminal:

type

gconf-editor

Click on the arrow to Expand Desktop

then

Click on the arrow to Expand Gnome

Then click on Volume Manager

Look for autoplay dvd command on th right side of the screen
Double Click

The value should be

totem %M

change it to

/usr/bin/vlc dvd://


same thing for VCD

/usr/bin/vlc vcd://


etc ...


Now when ever a dvd is inserted it will start with VLC -- same for VCD. 10X better then totem

Hope it helps

[dj1120]

Thanks you answered a question I have had for a couple of weeks!!

[ramasdf123]

LOL, thanks man this helps

your guys :guitar: !

[Trekko]

That did'nt work for me, Vlc is just starting up but not playing.

I had to add the command
/usr/bin/vlc /media/cdrom
instead.

Probebly because a missing symlink called dvd? Please correct me on this if it is'nt right.

[Starchild]

System > Preferences > Removable Drives and Media (Multimedia tab)

write vlc %m in command section for Video DVD Discs

[akbob]

System|Preferences|Removable Drives and Media|Multimedia
Enter /usr/bin/vlc %d (or browse to your location for vlc command)

worked in 6.1 and 7.04

[jlc]

Try this:


gconftool-2 --type string --set /desktop/gnome/volume_manager/autoplay_dvd_command "vlc dvd://"


When you stick a dvd in, that should pop up vlc.

[mad chey]

From a terminal:

type

gconf-editor



i got stuck here, as this was the reply

gconf: command not found

[jlc]

aptitiude search gconf-editor?

[voodooo]

i got stuck here, as this was the reply

gconf: command not found

you typed it with a whitespace before -editor? cause this just happened to me, without blank it worked fine :)

[linux_believer]

Thanks tagra123

Worked perfectly!!!

[JaxDomino]

I can't believe I can finally watch movies sing Ubuntu. I am one step closer to getting rid of Windows for good!

[anton]

I've tried this with Hardy and can't get it to work. Totem keeps opening every time I insert a DVD.

I've used gconf-editor as well as entering the gconftool-2 command from the therminal.

Please help . . .

[bob27]

Found a great multimedia guide that solved it for me:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683&highlight=default+dvd+vlc

This was the section that helped me:


UBUNTU 8.04 HARDY HERON USERS ONLY

To change the default DVD player in Hardy Heron to VLC (not Kubuntu, issues with Xubuntu), copy and paste this command into the terminal:

gksudo gedit /etc/gnome/defaults.list

Press Ctrl+f and search for "x-content/video", then change the "totem.desktop" entries to "vlc.desktop". Close and save. Next, navigate to Places > Computer > Edit > Preferences > Media > DVD Video and make sure VLC is selected, then test whether automatic launch and playback with VLC works for you by inserting a DVD.

[mentaluproar]

That last post fixed things for me, but when the disc loads automatically, I am left without working DVD menus. It just loads the first file it finds on the disc. When I load it manually (open disc) it runs just fine. What is the next step?

[connord94]

Found a great multimedia guide that solved it for me:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683&highlight=default+dvd+vlc

This was the section that helped me:


UBUNTU 8.04 HARDY HERON USERS ONLY

To change the default DVD player in Hardy Heron to VLC (not Kubuntu, issues with Xubuntu), copy and paste this command into the terminal:

gksudo gedit /etc/gnome/defaults.list

Press Ctrl+f and search for "x-content/video", then change the "totem.desktop" entries to "vlc.desktop". Close and save. Next, navigate to Places > Computer > Edit > Preferences > Media > DVD Video and make sure VLC is selected, then test whether automatic launch and playback with VLC works for you by inserting a DVD.

This worked, VLC opened, but then Gnome committed suicide and I was took to the user log on screen, and had to log back in.


Help ?

Connor

+++++++Edit+++++++

It worked perfectly second time round, thanks :D


Connor

[jackrussell_333]

that's just the information I was looking for . Thanks a million you saved me from pulling out every hair I have left in my head

[uberdonkey5]

Found a great multimedia guide that solved it for me:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683&highlight=default+dvd+vlc

This was the section that helped me:


UBUNTU 8.04 HARDY HERON USERS ONLY

To change the default DVD player in Hardy Heron to VLC (not Kubuntu, issues with Xubuntu), copy and paste this command into the terminal:

gksudo gedit /etc/gnome/defaults.list

Press Ctrl+f and search for "x-content/video", then change the "totem.desktop" entries to "vlc.desktop". Close and save. Next, navigate to Places > Computer > Edit > Preferences > Media > DVD Video and make sure VLC is selected, then test whether automatic launch and playback with VLC works for you by inserting a DVD.

I open a disk with vlc that I had recorded (and played well before) i.e. had no menu. vlc went crazy trying to open it but without success (just kept trying).

Tried it with commercial DVD and vlc just went dark grey (didn't function). Whats going on??? Do I have to change preferences in vlc??

[uberdonkey5]

Found a great multimedia guide that solved it for me:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683&highlight=default+dvd+vlc

This was the section that helped me:


UBUNTU 8.04 HARDY HERON USERS ONLY

To change the default DVD player in Hardy Heron to VLC (not Kubuntu, issues with Xubuntu), copy and paste this command into the terminal:

gksudo gedit /etc/gnome/defaults.list

Press Ctrl+f and search for "x-content/video", then change the "totem.desktop" entries to "vlc.desktop". Close and save. Next, navigate to Places > Computer > Edit > Preferences > Media > DVD Video and make sure VLC is selected, then test whether automatic launch and playback with VLC works for you by inserting a DVD.

I open a disk with vlc that I had recorded (and played well before) i.e. had no menu. vlc went crazy trying to open it but without success (just kept trying).

Tried it with commercial DVD and vlc just went dark grey (didn't function and then had to force quit). Whats going on??? Do I have to change preferences in vlc??

[freewaybear]

I open a disk with vlc that I had recorded (and played well before) i.e. had no menu. vlc went crazy trying to open it but without success (just kept trying).

Tried it with commercial DVD and vlc just went dark grey (didn't function and then had to force quit). Whats going on??? Do I have to change preferences in vlc??

I have the exact same problem :( so I just had to bump this :D

[thoralf]

solution #3 worked for me.

however, it somehow feels terribly wrong that there are three possible ways / config-files that need to be changed to achieve the desired behaviour. as much as i like gnome in general, i have to say that it fares even worse than windows in this respect.

t.

[Alex82]

Tried it with commercial DVD and vlc just went dark grey (didn't function). Whats going on??? Do I have to change preferences in vlc??

Hello I am having the same problem also, when Vlc autoruns it is just greyed out and wont work, but still works fine when accessed from applications>sound and video>VLC media player

any suggestions would be greatly appriciated

[jimbo1]

Hello I am having the same problem also, when Vlc autoruns it is just greyed out and wont work, but still works fine when accessed from applications>sound and video>VLC media player

any suggestions would be greatly appriciated


I fixed the above problem of VLC greying out:
Right click applications menu, edit menus, sound and video, right click VLC and select properties and change the command field to read vlc %f

Hope this works for you!