VLC doesn't show up with LXDE on Ubuntu 18.04.01

[galacticstone]

Hi Folks,

I switched over to LXDE for a lighter desktop (I don't use many of Gnome's bells and whistles), and my installation of VLC does not show up anywhere. I can run it from the command line, but it doesn't show up under the program menu or the supported programs to open media. How can I make LXDE see VLC?

Thanks!

MikeG

[ajgreeny]

There should be a vlc.desktop file in /usr/share/applications which you could copy to /home/username/.local/share/applications and if necessary you can then edit it to ensure it shows in the Sound and Video multimedia section of your menu.

You could also copy the text below, save it as vlc.desktop and move it into ~/.local/share/applications when it should appear in your menu and work fine.

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=VLC media player
GenericName=Media player
Exec=/usr/bin/vlc --started-from-file %U
TryExec=/usr/bin/vlc
Icon=vlc
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=AudioVideo;Player;Recorder;
Keywords=Player;Capture;DVD;Audio;Video;Server;Broadcast;