Your Question: How Do I Run Vlc on Ubuntu?

How do I use VLC on Ubuntu?

1 Answer

1. Go to the video file you want to open.
2. Right click on it and go to properties.
3. Now in the properties go to the “Open With” tab.
4. If you have VLC installed then it would be there in the list.
5. Click on the VLC icon.
6. Now go to the bottom right corner of the dialogue box and click on “Set as default”.

How do I run VLC on Linux?

Running VLC

1. To run the VLC media player using GUI: Open the launcher by pressing the Super key. Type vlc. Press Enter.
2. To run VLC from the command line: $ vlc source. Replace source with path to the file to be played, URL, or other data source. For more details, see Opening streams on VideoLAN wiki.