Hi Tom. I'm telling you to do this from within Windows, not from within VLC. There is a file associations screen in the VLC simple preferences dialog, which you can get to with ctrl-p, however I do not believe it is very accessible. In any case, starting with Windows 10 I always set default associations from within Windows itself and not using the third party programs, because it seems to work better this way and you don't have to remember to run your media player as an administrator every time you want to make changes to the system. Now I see from your first message that you are on Windows 7. I do not know precisely how this works in Windows 7, but I am guessing it is similar. You need to find the "set default programs" (or some similarly named) option in the Windows control panel. However, there is a nice quick way to do this, which works in Win 10, and should in 7 as well. Go to your video file. Hit alt-enter, to open the properties dialog. Tab from the name of the file. You should see a button that says "change". This is actually not a button to rename the file, but to change its default association. When you click it, a box should open which you have likely seen before, which will ask you how you want to open this type of file. There will be a list of programs which Windows thinks should be able to use the file. VLC will be on that list. There is also a checkbox here you can activate which tells Windows to "always use this program to open this type of file". That should be it.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: May 20, 2018 5:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [all-audio] Audio/video Question I have looked all over VLC, but am not finding something that tells me "file association!" What I need is step-by-step instruction on how to accomplish what I want to do! I was able to go into File Association (in Winamp) I unchecked "MP4 as I believe that this is what this file is. This enabled me to watch the video in Windows Media...but that's not what I want! I also went into that place with the applications key and found "open with sub-menu"...I then could make it play in VLC. But then if I play the file again, it comes up in Winamp and no video! What am I missing here? Tom Kaufman -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2018 5:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [all-audio] Audio/video Question You don't have to set it for everything. Only video files, as that's what you want. I do not know how this works in Windows 7, but I imagine it isn't too dissimilar to windows 10. Default programs is probably in control panel, whereas in Windows 10 it's in settings. You still have a search box in windows 7, so you can just type in "set default programs" there, and it should come up. Once there, you can select the default program for each type of file, including video. You probably also have VLC integrated with the Windows shell, which means that if you hit the applications key on the file (or shift f10), there should be a "play in vlc" option in the context menu. This should be the case even if VlC is not currently the default player for videos. Alternatively of course, you can play the video from within VLC itself. Open the program, The standard ctrl-o keystroke should work. If you still need help setting your file associations, there's plenty of instructions online for all versions of Windows. A google search will bring up dozens of results. Not being a smart-arse by suggesting you use google. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: May 20, 2018 5:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [all-audio] Audio/video Question But I don't want VLC to play "everything"...I just want VLC to play this video (which it had been playing before) so what must I do to make this happen? Thanks, Tom Kaufman -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2018 3:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [all-audio] Audio/video Question Winamp will play some videos. However I can never get it to select any but the first track in any audio/video container. VLC will play nearly everything and it's easier to select audio tracks within the audio menu. You will indeed want to set the file association to be vlc. You can do this from within vlc, in the simple preferences dialog. However, I'm not sure how accessible that particular area of the interface is. He preferences dialog is unfortunately a bit of a frustrating experience for screen-reader users, though things can still be done with it. Anyway, I think it's better, especially if you have Windows 10, to do this from within Windows itself rather than trying to get programs to make changes to the operating system. Look for "default programs" in settings and you will find it. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: May 20, 2018 1:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [all-audio] Audio/video Question Hamet: I think there may be some way to play videos in ?Winamp, but if so, I don't remember! But yes...VLC used to come up when I would click this video! So then where (in VLC) do I go to make this happen? To answer your other question: I've had Winamp on my computer forever (and it ain't gonna get removed as I like that player) but VLC does play videos; it's just that I want VLC to come up (with this particular item) but I want Winamp to play my MP3s! I do appreciate your response! Tom Kaufman -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2018 11:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [all-audio] Audio/video Question Um I'd say set VLC as the deefalt for that type of video, but it use to come up you said. Hmmmmm did you just instal Win Amp? Maybe it overrode your settings. Now I find it odd Winamp isn't giving you video though. Can Winamp not play vids? On 5/20/2018 11:32 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote: > Hello list: I have a video that (whenever I would play it) VLC would > come up and I'd see video as well as audio. Now, when I play this > video, Winamp comes up and I have audio only! What do I need to do in > order to (when I play this video that is on my desk top) play in VLC > and I have video? Am running Jaws 2018 and Windows 7! Thanks for help and > information! > > Tom Kaufman > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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