Installing VLC Media Player

[enjay]

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]

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]

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]

HI

 

Try this link its the one I used VLC media player 1.1.11 GPO.zip

 

Richard

[Geoff]

Also check if your allowed to use it, you may not have all the licenses you need or be affected by patents!

[enjay]

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]

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]

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]

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

[enjay]

Kili, that is actually how I've done it now, although I prefer MSI due to the way which we deploy our software.

[zag]

We just run it off a network share here.

[enjay]

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]

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]

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]

See here for information

 

VideoLAN - Legal

 

Richard

 

IANAL but that info is only correct in French Jurisdictions.