The infamous VLC logo – How to change it for your PC (Xfce)
This is how to change the VLC’s icon in your PC if you use Xfce. See here my thread on why the VLC’s logo sucks.
Part 1
Find a good replacement icon. For example, I’ve taken mine from /usr/share/icons/elementary-xfce/apps/XXX/multimedia-video-player.png.
Then, do: VLC media player → Right click → Edit Application → Icon: and load your new icon.
Part 2
Now you want to change the icon for your theme.
The following takes into account different icon sizes by directly using the above path(s). If you just have one single icon sitting somewhere in your documents, replace every /usr/share/icons/elementary-xfce/apps/XXX/multimedia-video-player.png with e.g. ~/my-custom-icons/vlc-icon.png.
Check that you have the icons:
find /usr/share/icons/hicolor -name "*vlc*"
find /usr/share/icons/elementary-xfce/apps -name "*multimedia-video-player*"
Prepare:
sudo -v
Type the password, then copy and paste everything in one:
cd /usr/share/icons/hicolor
sudo mv 16x16/apps/vlc.xpm 16x16/apps/vlc.xpm~
sudo mv 16x16/apps/vlc.png 16x16/apps/vlc.png~
sudo mv 48x48/apps/vlc-xmas.png 48x48/apps/vlc-xmas.png~
sudo mv 48x48/apps/vlc.png 48x48/apps/vlc.png~
sudo mv 256x256/apps/vlc.png 256x256/apps/vlc.png~
sudo mv 128x128/apps/vlc-xmas.png 128x128/apps/vlc-xmas.png~
sudo mv 128x128/apps/vlc.png 128x128/apps/vlc.png~
sudo mv 32x32/apps/vlc-xmas.xpm 32x32/apps/vlc-xmas.xpm~
sudo mv 32x32/apps/vlc.xpm 32x32/apps/vlc.xpm~
sudo mv 32x32/apps/vlc.png 32x32/apps/vlc.png~
sudo cp -p /usr/share/icons/elementary-xfce/apps/16/multimedia-video-player.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/vlc.png
sudo cp -p /usr/share/icons/elementary-xfce/apps/32/multimedia-video-player.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/vlc.png
sudo cp -p /usr/share/icons/elementary-xfce/apps/48/multimedia-video-player.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/vlc-xmas.png
sudo cp -p /usr/share/icons/elementary-xfce/apps/48/multimedia-video-player.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/vlc.png
sudo cp -p /usr/share/icons/elementary-xfce/apps/128/multimedia-video-player.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/vlc-xmas.png
sudo cp -p /usr/share/icons/elementary-xfce/apps/128/multimedia-video-player.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/vlc.png
If necessary, rebuild the theme’s cache.