In "Preferences - Preferred Applications" there is a choice of Totem and Rhythmbox (actually it was, before I've uninsulated both of them favouring DeadBeeF for audio, raw mplayer for video and VLC for occasions) and Custom. Can I add a player (VLC for example) to appear in that list, officially recognised as a player application (not just "Custom")?

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All the applications that are listed in Preferred Applications are registered in
/usr/share/gnome-control-center/default-apps.

To add VLC to the list of media players,

1. Create a file called vlc.xml in /usr/share/gnome-control-center/default-apps:
   Hit Alt+F2 and run the following command:

   gksu gedit /usr/share/gnome-control-center/default-apps/vlc.xml

2. Copy and paste the following in that file:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <!DOCTYPE default-apps SYSTEM "gnome-da-list.dtd">
   <default-apps> <media-players> <media-player> <name>VLC</name> <executable>vlc</executable> <command>vlc</command> <icon-name>vlc</icon-name> <run-in-terminal>false</run-in-terminal> </media-player> </media-players>
   </default-apps>

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You should now see VLC in the list of multimedia players:

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