It's important to notice what is said along with "open with". I suspect it said: "open with: collapsed disclosure triangle" and then to the right of that it had the "preview" you saw. Now this can be a little confusing because it's possible to also just be at a place where it only says "open with"; that's just to the right of the "open with" that has the collapsed disclosure triangle. What you need to do is expand this disclosure triangle. Doing vo-space on it should do this. Once you do this, go to the right and you will see a pop-up with your choices. Choose the one you want from the pop-up. Then close your pop-up and to the right there's a phrase "use this application to open all documents like this one, and to the right of that there's a change all button. Do vo-space on that You will be asked if you are sure you want to change thisand you can do cancel or continue. Then do cmd-w and you are done. In the popup to choose your player, if it isn't listed there will be an "other" choice, which opens a browser for you to find the application and choose it.
-- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: "This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Jan 1, 2015, at 11:59 PM, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: I tried finding some files with different extensions that I want to use vlc player for. after “Open With” in the information area there was preview and sharing and permissions. I can’t find the players listed anywhere. making the playlist in terminal sounds like a good idea but I’ve never done anything in terminal so am not sure how to get there. > On Jan 1, 2015, at 7:08 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cah4...@icloud.com> wrote: > > The player that opens will be the one that is the default set for that file > type. This can be changed. I use VLC as my default for most music and only > use iTunes when I have iTunes itself open or on purpose want to play > something in iTunes. So to set vlc as the default for a filetype, I find a > file of that type in finder and do cmd-i to bring up info. I vo-right arrow > until I come to open with and choose vlc. Then a little beyond that there's a > choice to open all files of that type in the same application and I do > vo-space on the "change" button. It may ask you to confirm that. Then do > cmd-w to close the info window. This can be changed back if you don't like it > once you've done it and you still can use "open with" or work directly in > iTunes to open with iTunes or some other player. > > As for playing a whole folder, Quick Look is a good way to do it. But if you > want subfolders you also want to include without having to indicate them > specifically, I'm nopt sure whether you can do this with Quick look by just > using Quick Look at the main folder. There's also a way you can do it in > Terminal and a way you can make a playlist out of a folder you want to play > frequently, even if it has subfolders. > > To open a folder in vlc with terminal, I do: > > open -a /Applications/VLC.app myfolder > > This might seem like a lot to type but you can press tab to complete words. > I've never gotten around to it but it should also be pretty basic for > somebody who knows how to do a script so you could just put in the folder you > wanted. > Of course it isn't actually myfolder but I type the path to the folder I want > to open. This then opens in VLC and starts to play. > > If you have a folder open in vlc, you can then make a playlist. Once you have > the folder open and playing in vlc, do cmd-s to save playlist, type in the > name in the edit field, choose where you want the playlist file, and choose > playlist file format which for me is usually extended m3u. Then press return > or do vo-space on "save" and from then on you can open that playlist to play > the folder. But you may need to update this when you add new files to the > folder. > > -- > Cheryl > > I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. > I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper > thrown in the trash! > Then God gave me a new heart and life: > His joy for my despairing tears! > And now, every day: > "This I call to mind, > and therefore I have hope: > The steadfast love of the Lord > never ceases; > his mercies never come to an end; > they are new every morning; > great is your faithfulness." > (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) > > > > > On Jan 1, 2015, at 6:01 PM, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: > > what player opens when you do it that way? I’d like to be able to choose vlc. > I tried going into it and doing it that way but I couldn’t figure out how to > do it. >> On Jan 1, 2015, at 5:59 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Probably the easiest way to do this would be with the QuickLook function. >> Open the folder from within the Finder, press cmd-a to select all the items >> within that folder then just press the spacebar once. The music will play >> and you can arrow through the songs if you wish to skip anything. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >>> On Jan 1, 2015, at 16:52, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I thought I understood how to do this because I have been playing >>> individual files. I go into the context menu and choose “open with” and >>> then I can pick one of my players. when I tried this with a folder that >>> option wasn[’t present. how is this done? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> Lorie >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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