VLC Media Player 3.0.21 (MSI-x64)?

Donatello76 · November 15, 2024, 09:05:27 AM

I thought as much, just wanted to clarify.

iamr00t · November 15, 2024, 10:42:35 AM

I have added the pre-script and deployed it to a system with the MSI install of VLC 3.0.20.0 and the app deployment is showing 3.0.21 as installed, but the installed version is still the MSI version 3.0.20.0. Should it not see the 3.0.20, uninstall MSI, and install EXE, because it's not.

Dan Gough (Patch My PC) · November 18, 2024, 02:16:16 AM

Quote from: iamr00t on November 15, 2024, 10:42:35 AMI have added the pre-script and deployed it to a system with the MSI install of VLC 3.0.20.0 and the app deployment is showing 3.0.21 as installed, but the installed version is still the MSI version 3.0.20.0. Should it not see the 3.0.20, uninstall MSI, and install EXE, because it's not.

Was the script added to the EXE variant and the application re-published? Also check the ScriptRunner log to verify that the script actually ran.

GeoSimos · December 19, 2024, 08:46:43 AM

Quote from: Dan Gough (Patch My PC) on September 06, 2024, 01:45:50 AMThere is another post here where the developers have stated they ran into issues but still intend to get an MSI working:

https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/28677

Dan, you had created a script to fix those issues but I don't know if they used it. BTW your website https://pagkageology.com is not working

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GeoSimos · December 19, 2024, 08:48:36 AM

Now, seriously, I don't understand this thing, they use Linux to build the MSI via WINE which is quite notorious for it's incompatibilities.....
I mean, they have such a large base of installations and for their own reasons, despise of setting up a proper build platform, that's at least bizarre....

[email protected] · December 19, 2024, 08:53:05 AM

I yanked the MSI Version off about 2500 devices and redeployed the .exe.
Pain in the @$$, but I was able to clear 2500 entries off my vulnerability report.

Dan Gough (Patch My PC) · December 19, 2024, 09:25:02 AM

Article relocated here:
https://dangough.github.io/packageology/msi/fixing-vlcs-msi-package/

But we have no indication what their issues are in getting an MSI together for 3.0.21 or if this would help. Plus the script would need to be run on a Windows box, which seemingly they don't have or they'd just run WiX on there to build it in the first place!

steadybird · December 19, 2024, 02:41:22 PM

I just published the EXE installer using PMPC and set it to supersede (replace/uninstall) the prior MSI version.
Annoying but rather painless once all was said and done.

Dan Gough (Patch My PC) · December 20, 2024, 02:04:26 AM

Supersedence with ConfigMgr kicks in if the superseded app is detected as installed. But with Intune, supersedence only kicks in if the specific superseded app was actually installed via Intune.

Deploying the app as required to devices running VLC, or even meddling with the requirement script of the EXE update, along with a pre-script to remove the MSI is the alternative.

But a recent comment from the devs suggests that we'll have an MSI with the next release, so we're not removing it from the catalog just yet!