enjay Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 Does anyone have an MSI for VLC Media Player which they'd be willing to share? Alternatively, any suggestions for silently installing it, ideally without it becoming the default player (because that breaks AQA e-Science) but I can work around that if I need to.
SYNACK Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 Just install it on one machine and then copy the folder over, or dump it in a network folder. You would need to do the file assosiations manually if you need them. I am pretty sure this is how many others have done it. Othervise use the portable app version: VLC Media Player Portable | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB, portable and cloud drives which will definatly work in that way.
davipton Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 Have a look at these sites, i have not tried this myself yet! OpenSource-kb5 Silent installation and configuration of VLC Media Player - JBKB AppDeploy > Package Knowledgebase > VLC Media Player
ricki Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 HI Try this link its the one I used VLC media player 1.1.11 GPO.zip Richard
Geoff Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Also check if your allowed to use it, you may not have all the licenses you need or be affected by patents!
enjay Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 Thanks guys, those methods are great. Anyone know how I can change it so that it doesn't become the default player but does still have the right-click option? Happy to dig into the registry settings within the MSI, just not sure which one governs default file behaviour...
enjay Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 Don't worry about it - the default file association doesn't seem to be a problem any more, so something would appear to have changed within e-Science. I'm one happy bunny (or I will be if VLC actually solves the issue I'm installing it for!).
ricki Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Also check if your allowed to use it, you may not have all the licenses you need or be affected by patents! See here for information VideoLAN - Legal Richard
kili Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Does anyone have an MSI for VLC Media Player which they'd be willing to share? Alternatively, any suggestions for silently installing it, ideally without it becoming the default player (because that breaks AQA e-Science) but I can work around that if I need to. Enjay VLC player has switches you can use to deploy the exe you don't need an MSI. Here is what I Do: 1. send out a batch file to all workstations to un-install previous versions REM Remove earlier official VideoLAN versions "%ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN\VLC\uninstall.exe" /S REM Tidy up the removal of earlier versions rmdir /s /q "%ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN" 2. Copy the VLc exe to C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\vlc-1.1.11-win32.exe 3. Send a batch file to all workstations with the following syntax CD /d C:\WINDOWS\TEMP vlc-1.1.11-win32.exe /L=1033 /S /L=1033 = Language code UK /S silent install Maybe this might be a better solution for you Kili 1
enjay Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 Kili, that is actually how I've done it now, although I prefer MSI due to the way which we deploy our software.
enjay Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 We just run it off a network share here. I prefer local installs to keep server resources as free as possible, especially with things which whole classes can be using simultaneously.
kili Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Kili, that is actually how I've done it now, although I prefer MSI due to the way which we deploy our software. I have to agree I always look for an MSI first if I can get one. But well done you've cracked it
enjay Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 I did find an MSI (see Ricki's post), however when I realised that I don't need to play with file associations as I first thought, I left it - a newer version will be out before the main reason behind wanting an MSI rather than EXE presents itself as a problem anyway. I'll do the next version as MSI but for now, I can just move on down the list of apps which need re-installing following our network migration.
Geoff Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 See here for information VideoLAN - Legal Richard IANAL but that info is only correct in French Jurisdictions.
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