How do I switch my default media player

Seeing as how VLC plays way more types of files than does Quicktime, I can avoid many headaches by having my video media files opened by VLC automatically, by default, instead of by Quicktime. I can't seem to find how to make VLC my default player. I've figured out how to make VLC always play individual, specific files but I want to give VLC default status. help.

Hi, Seanski.
There doesn't appear to be a way to make VLC the default media player other than on the filetype-by-filetype basis you've described, i.e. "Mac OS X 10.4 Help: Changing the application that opens a document."
There's no preference for this in VLC itself, nor is there anything related in VLC's Help.
Frankly, I would not make it my default player even if it were possible since there are still plenty of files that it does not play or does not play well, usually AVI files that use a Windows-only CODEC. I only use it occasionally when I have a video file that QuickTime won't play.
Unfortunately, the free Flip4Mac WMV player, which adds support for playing Windows Media files in QuickTime (except those protected with WMA-DRM), is not yet available in a Universal Binary that will work on your MacBook. They plan to release a Universal Binary at some point.
Fellow Discussions contributor "CMYK Design Studio" posted a workaround for using Flip4Mac on Intel-based Macs. The post has expired from the Discussions, but there is currently an archive of it here at Google.
However, I've read here that Popwire WMV-9 Component can play Windows Media files under QuickTime. I've not tried it, but you may want to give it a whirl.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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