Getting VLC to play .flv files:
When you right-click a downloaded .flv file, you get a menu with "File..." preselected. From File you can see "Open with..." and "Set Run Action". When properly configured, either of these options can select VLC to play the .flv file.
To put VLC in the "Open with..." list, click "Open with...", then select Customise at the bottom of the list presented, Okay the info, then you have the folder containing the apps to "Open with..." Leaving that folder open, start another instance of ROX-Filer and navigate to /usr/local/bin folder to find the gear symbol for VLC. Now drag the VLC gear symbol to the "Open with..." apps folder; when prompted for the type of file transfer, select Copy. This places VLC on the Open with... list. When you right-click a .flv file to select "Open with...." you can now select VLC from the list.
To configure VLC as Set Run Action, right-click a .flv file, select Set Run Action from the menu. When you get the dialog, modify the shell command by inserting vlc in front of "$@" and be sure there is a space between them.
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vlc "$@"