vlc as default player?

[glandula]

hi again

now i want to make vlc my default vide player. i rclick and avi -properties -open with, vlc is not listed so i click add, find vlc and i get this error msg 'could not add application to the database'....any idea how to fix this ?
othewise vlc works great

[bored2k]

Originally Posted by glandula hi again now i want to make vlc my default vide player. i rclick and avi -properties -open with, vlc is not listed so i click add, find vlc and i get this error msg 'could not add application to the database'....any idea how to fix this ? othewise vlc works great

In that same tab, click on enter custom command [or something like that - not on gnome right now] and type vlc down and press OK.