set vlc as default

[jonathan]

Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:05:00 +0200
> jonathan <jonathan at logical.co.zw> wrote:
>
>   
>> is there a way to set up vlc as the default player
>>     
>
> If you mean "set vlc as default when clicking files in the nautilus file
> manager", then yes, you can do it like this:
>
> - right click file
> - go to "Properties" at the bottom of the resulting menu
> - set vlc in the "Open With" tab
>
> Any file with that mime type will now open with vlc, provided of course
> that vlc can handle that type . ( for instance .ogg, .mp3, .m3u  etc )
>
> You can of course do this with other apps as well - for example you can
> set your favourite editor to open text files etc. 
>
> If the app you want is not in the list, you can add a custom command, and
> select that when it appears in the list.
>
> Peter
>
>   
Is there any other way then that.thanks by the way for help.I can do it 
they way you suggested just was hoping there was an easier way with out 
having to manually go and right click on each file.is there a way to do 
it from command line.