Hello! It works now. Thank you Henning, and thanks for the other answer too.
- Tamas Fekete 2016-11-10 14:33 GMT+01:00 Alexandre GRIVEAUX <agrive...@deutnet.info>: > Hello, > > A easy fix: > > Try a right click on the files you want to open, select tab 'open with' > and choose VLC > > > > Le 10/11/2016 à 12:40, Fekete Tamás a écrit : > > Dear all, > > > > I have problems with setting up the default video player program in > GNOME. > > > > I tried to vi /etc/gnome/defaults.list as root. > > > > I modified a line first like this: > > video/flv=vlc.Totem > > > > I quit from my gnome session, than started the X again. > > > > The default app still wasn't vlc, so I tried to edit > > /etc/gnome/defaults.list like this: > > video/flv=vlc.Totem.desktop > > > > A repeated the gnome restart procedure, but the default player still > > hasn't change. > > > > Can anyone help me, what is the correct text has to be in > > defaults.list to make vlc to my default player? > > Or is there any other file I have to modify? > > > > I use debian 8.6 amd64 version which is upgraded from debian 8.5 > > > > - Tamas Fekete > > > >