VLC Media Player 3.0.14 Fixes Broken Windows Automatic Updater (bleepingcomputer.com) 32
New submitter imcdona writes: VideoLan has released VLC Media Player 3.0.14 to fix an issue affecting Window users and causing the widely-used software's auto-updater not to launch the new version's installer automatically. "VLC users on Windows might encounter issues when trying to auto update VLC from version 3.0.12 and 3.0.13," VideoLan explained."We are publishing version 3.0.14 to address this problem for future updates."
This issue is caused by a bug introduced in the automatic updater code of VLC 3.0.12 and fixed with the release of VLC 3.0.14. Because of this bug, VLC updates are downloaded to the users' computers, verified for integrity, but will not be installed as the auto-updater fails to launch the VLC 3.0.14 installer.
This issue is caused by a bug introduced in the automatic updater code of VLC 3.0.12 and fixed with the release of VLC 3.0.14. Because of this bug, VLC updates are downloaded to the users' computers, verified for integrity, but will not be installed as the auto-updater fails to launch the VLC 3.0.14 installer.
I was a victim of this appalling negligence. (Score:5, Funny)
As a result I had to engage in a few extra mouse clicks. It was only by the grace of God that I survived.
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the perpetual wild swings of a casino gaming token are not worthy news. the really only newsworthy thing about bitcoin is that it is a massive carbon polluter.
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What's worthy is **one** person's control over the market like that. With some decision that might be backtracked whenever he feels like it. And given that we get stories about every bitcoin fart (I wish we didn't), why not this?
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That is not "control", that is only proof that the value of bitcoin is based on the 3 H's of hope, hype and hooey. Bitcoin has less value than a tulip and this is Tulip Mania II.
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What you say and what I say are tangential and complementary. Musk can influence a lot of people (proven) and therefore controls a substantial amount of hope, hype and hooey around *coins. And uses them for short bursts of profit.
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he didn't make any profit on this sinking though. and he won't be able to do it again and again either.
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We’re past a decade now so at what point do these stupid tulip comparisons stop? Bitcoin is worth what people are willing to pay and that number is $50,000.
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You mean 49,108.50, which proves me right and proves you an ignorant dumb-ass. It's only priced by hysteria, comparison with tulip mania apt.
Not money, illiquid, poor store of value, not universally accepted.
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Said better than I did. Sadly, we can circlejerk all day being dumbfounded by the stupidity of it all, and it makes no difference.
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I thought part of getting away from fiat currencies and going to cryptocurrencies was to avoid volatility?
Slow News Day (Score:3)
"Developers fix an issue with their buggy updater, film at 11."
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"Developers fix an issue with their buggy updater, film at 11."
Well it would be news if it was Microsoft.
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Well it would be news if it was Microsoft.
I would be news, IF Microsoft ever fixed anything. ;)
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Yep. Today was slow online beside /..
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Yep. And when the bugfixes for the updater become frequent enough, that's when they implement an auto-updater auto-updater.
Mandatory XKCD. [xkcd.com]
fix an issue (Score:1)
Meanwhile (Score:2)
Meanwhile there is a buffer overflow or something whack that happens when you try to play the roundhay garden scene ogv video file from Wikipedia. That but has been there since at least the mid 2000s and they do not give a shit.
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Confirmed. I get the error message, "main decoder error: buffer deadlock prevented", and the file doesn't play.
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And I get a volume adjustment issue which caused me to revert to a 2.x version instead, they seem intent on blaming users instead of fixing the bug which is clearly a VLC bug since using a different version fixes the issue.
Two second delay on key presses (Score:1)
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I get a delay when trying to scroll to adjust volume, both above and below 100%, the only fix for me was to revert to a less buggy 2.x version. VLC need to get their act together and fix their buggy shit before going any further with anything else. I now expect a better media player to come along and VLC to die a buggy mess.
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Have you reported it? Have you provided diagnostic info? Have you seen if someone else has it (I don't, for instance)? Have you tried some kind of differentiation to aid them (e.g. it works on version X and Y but not Z, though my friend on Linux on Z says its fine)? Have you installed and "reset" the configuration to make sure it's not just the way you have it set up?
People do this with VLC a lot - people tell me that it does "bad thing X" and it's so drastic and affecting that they can barely use it.
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Re: Two second delay on key presses (Score:2)
Wait, you're not mining Bitcoin, are you...?
It's free, don't knock it (Score:2)
In particular don't forget there's a whole lot under the bonnet (hood) that is accessed by CVLC. There's far more to it than "playing videos".
VLC good (Score:2)
I submit bug reports for lots of open source projects. So far, over many years, VLC is the only one that actually bothered to take a bug report seriously and fix it. Out of dozens and dozens of other projects. The usual story is "it's not a bug," "we don't care," or "not important." My favorite is "if it bothers you so much, why don't YOU fix it." Right. Too bad your code documentation is utter crap, while your code has 20 layers of abstraction, creating a giant barrier to entry.