Web links open with VLC player

For some strange reason my machine has decided that links in emails must be opened with VLC player and not my web browser. I deleted VLC and it worked fine. Re-installed VLC and it worked fine for a few days. Now it seems to think VLC is the program to use again. I am sure there is an easy fix but don't know what it is. Please help.

Hey Niel. I tried that, no luck. I deleted VLC and reinstalled it and all seems to be going well at the moment but that is what I tried a few days ago and it works for a couple of days and then switches back to using VLC. Very weird.

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Hey everyone!
I have reffered the earlier discussion upon creating a shortcut for the open with function and the below is the correct answer for it by using applescript editor submitted by Barney. However, I couldn't get past the 1st paragraph. It all just went over my head. Especially the "open (thefilelist) " part. Which filelist is being referred to here? All I want is a shortcut for opening files with .avi, .mpeg, and .3gp exts. with VLC player. Please help me out by providing the exact stuff I need to paste in the applescript.
Thanks
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my myOpen(theFile)
end repeat
end tell
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my myOpen(this_item)
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Luds.R wrote:
I have reffered the earlier discussion
I have the feeling of dropping in in the middle of the conversation.
Anyway, try this
--script begins
property myVLC : "/Applications/VLC/VLC.app"
property myTypes : {"avi", "mpeg", "mpg", "3gp"}
on run
          my vlcTest(myVLC)
          tell application "Finder" to set fileList to selection
          my vlcOpen(fileList)
end run
on open fileList
          my vlcTest(myVLC)
          my vlcOpen(fileList)
end open
on vlcTest(myVLC)
          try
POSIX file myVLC as alias
          on error
                    display dialog "Sorry, could not locate VLC. Please add the correct POSIX path to the script." buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1
          end try
end vlcTest
on vlcOpen(fileList)
          tell application "Finder"
                    repeat with i in fileList
                              if name extension of i is in myTypes then open i using (POSIX file myVLC)
                    end repeat
          end tell
end vlcOpen
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Dumped Safari for Firefox, now my e-mail links open in Real Player!

I wasn't really using Safari anymore, and prefer Firefox (using version 1.07). So I finally dumped Safari. But opened a link in an email today and was surprised!
It opened with Real Player!
I'm worried now that I can't set my email preferences to use Firefox to open any links in emails.
I can grab Safari off our desktop if I need to, but
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Nanci,
You need to check to see which browser is set to be your default one. Or just go ahead and make it Firefox since that seems to be your preference. I think this may be one of those chicken and egg problems, but it is easily sovled. You will need, however, to fire up Safari one last time and go to Safari > Preferences > General to make Firefox your default browser. After doing that, URL links in your email should open properly in Firefox.
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Only with VLC?
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http://forum.videolan.org/viewforum.php?f=4
Unplayable DTS/Dolby Output via A/52 over S/PDIF (Videolan forum)
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic....d=a&view=print
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http://lh3.google.es/rmorinr/Rqhsqp7cvhI/AAAAAAAAAfM/qtzo3E8-sQQ/s44/VLC_DTS_Options.JPG">
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Error -43 when try playback on win7 64bits over the network QT that recide MacPro osx 10.5 however i can play with VLC player, This happend when the QT is inside a Folder with name longer 8 chars other files has no problem with long names just the QT

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With the 10.4 image however, you also have to copy the master image to the NetBootSP0 directory.
In the *.nbi folder contains an netinstall-restore.dmg file. But that is only to boot you to netrestore, it's not the image itself.
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any ideas how to make watching DVDs with VLC on my iMac as easy as it is on my laptop?
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Multiple icons when right clicking a movie to open with VLC.

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Thanks in advance for the help.
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Errors on my web site started with Flash Player Release a few days ago (Mar 28, 2012)

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Thanks.
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Preview in Finder windows does not work with VLC Player

hi there,
i am using vlc player, and whenever i access a folder where i have many avi folders that vlc player is set as the default program to open them, the finder windows freezes and i have to relaunch it. also, when i click on get info for a particular avi folder, finder crashes again because it cannot preview the file in the window. does anyone know how i can resolve this issue?
thanks!

paranoidandroid60 wrote:
ok, it works fine with quicktime, but anyone know why vlc player might be doing this?
thanks!
I use VLC and there are some bugs with the latest version. Try an earlier version. WIth VLC, I keep the older versions for things like this.
For instance, the new VLC give the wrong time on a stereo audio file. In fact it gives double the correct time. I have had some other issues with VLC, but it's easy enough to remove and install.
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Message was edited by: nerowolfe

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Used Disk Utility to repair permissions (twice) and restarted.
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Hey,
Yes there are some links but when using the right click menu to play the swf the links are there and working.
Thanks Ned for your intrest and attempt to help! It gave me courage to dig deeper.
After a rest and feeling less presure - I discovered the problem.
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