#Change default media player mint linux how to#

If only one option is available for an alternative – for example, if you only have one Java virtual machine installed – it will be used as the default.įor example, let’s say you wanted to change the system’s default text editor. One thing I do after installing VLC is to make it the default application so that I can open a video file with VLC when I double click it.

Installing VLC media player is one of the first few things to do after installing Ubuntu 18.04/19.10 for me.

#Change default media player mint linux how to#

This link points to the nano text editor by default, but you can select a different default text editor with the update-alternatives command. Brief: This beginner’s guide shows you how to change the default applications in Ubuntu Linux. usr/bin/editor isn’t an editor itself – it’s a symbolic link to an editor on your system. I would like to change this to VLC or xmms. Once I go to a website with a default video running / treaming, ubuntu automatically uses TOTEM to play such. For example, when you run a command that uses a terminal text editor, the command calls /usr/bin/editor. Rep: currently I am using an Ubuntu 6.1 for testing. Ubuntu uses the update-alternatives system it inherited from Debian to control default applications outside of the graphical desktop. I know there is a similar idea, but i recently read about this problem in a linux mint review and i though to refresh the idea. LM team should put them side by side, compare them and install only the best one. Use the Set as default button to make the application the default application. There are 3 video players that are installed by default in linux mint ( VLC, Gnome MPplayer, Totem movie player ). Click the Open With tab and select the application you want to use for that file type.