Changing program to Open With

I want to open my media (avi, mpg) with VLC instead of quicktime. What do I have to do to make it so certain file types open with a certain program? Right clicking and clicking "Open With" only affects that particular file, but not that file type. Thanks!

Thanks. You'd think that this option would be found under "Open With"
Your advice worked, except that the icons still show Quicktime (but use VLC when double clicked). I closed and reopened finder, but it didn't refresh. Oh well. Thanks!

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