Playing MOV files w/ VLC Player

[speediq99]

Hello,

I have some MOV files that I would like to play with the VLC player. These are files from a Canon 5D MKII camera that don't play well w/ Quicktime. The file association w/ MOV files in Windows is the VLC player but IrfanView wants to use Quicktime. Is there a way to force Irfanview to use VLC?

This is the VLC player.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

Thanks,

Mike

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Just disable the MOV file type association in Properties, Extensions.

[Gaussman]

Actually, there is a way to use VLC as the default irfanview video player.
1. In the irfranview options select the external video player (iv_player).
2. Then copy all files from the VLC base directory into the Plugins folder of irfanview.
3. Rename the vlc.exe to iv_player.exe.
4. You might also want to configure VLC to close right after playing and always play in fullscreen.

Thats it.