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VLC: Correct upgrade procedure? Install path?

Submitted by Logos A on October 10, 2010 - 6:45am

I know its not always as simple as dragging and dropping,or changing the install folder.SO when I download and install the new updates do I just point it to

X:\PortableApps\vlcportable

and install?

the documentation isnt very specific

Upgrading VLC Portable

To upgrade to a newer version of VLC Portable, just install a new copy over the old one.

Vlc 1.1.4 Rev2 Crashes when making file associations

Submitted by maaylix on September 18, 2010 - 6:36pm

-Using VLC in my pc (not installed in a usb drive)

-Windows XP Pro SP3

Steps I did:

-Double clicked VLCPortable.exe (running from app/vlc/vlc.exe has the same result... is there a difference in running from this instead of the xxxportable.exe on root?)

-Went to preferences

-File associations

-Set up what I wanted (everything except playlists)

-Clicked apply

-Vlc crashed

[Fixed] VLC: font cache rebuild back - *.cache-2 should now be *.cache-3

Submitted by spchtr on September 10, 2010 - 8:50am

found instances of *.cache-2 in VLCPortable.nsi and changed them to *.cache-3, recompiled and it no longer has to build the font cache. No idea why vlc developers changed the file name, but it changed with 1.1.3

Thanks for the update, been waiting for it for a while. I have gotten to the point that I can and do sometimes compile my own but prefer to have the official releases whenever possible.

VLC: I have a question about the new version

Submitted by darkness2fall on September 9, 2010 - 2:43pm

I downloaded the new vlc player a few minutes ago and when i went to use it,it didn't load. I tried both normal and run as administrator and while it shows up on the list,it won't run. What i ended up doing was that i created a shortcut directly to the executable in the main app folder and it's working now. My question are: Is this a bug in the vlc player,the download installer,somewhere in the process,etc and is there a way i can fix it to where i can load it from the platform instead of using the shortcut i made?

Startup Error.Problem with audacity.cfg file.The program does not remember preferences and settings.

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Submitted by teriero on August 19, 2010 - 10:12pm

HI!
(Audacity Portable 1.3.12 rev 2/ PA on USB hard drive.)
At startup Audacity receives error messages:
Failed to convert file "M:\PortableApps Suite™\PortableApps\AudacityPortable\App\Audacity\Portable Settings\audacity.cfg" to Unicode.
can't open user configuration file 'M:\PortableApps Suite™\PortableApps\AudacityPortable\App\Audacity\Portable Settings\audacity.cfg'.
The program does not remember preferences and settings (language, folders, location of LAME and ffmpeg).Reinstalling and change directories did not help.

VLC1.1.2 extremely slow to open on Win7

Submitted by live on August 19, 2010 - 3:23am

Re: I tried to use VLC1.1.2R2 from portableapps.com

OS: Win7 home
6Gb RAM
Intel Core i7

I have configured a multi-user desktop on this machine. Since then, VLC is unacceptably slow, on fresh boot more than 1 min to open, then I get a message "mise à jour du cache pour les polices de caractère" and wait another minute.

Are there some security validations checks from win7 which makes it so slow ???

Portable MPlayer 1.rc2 opens in less than 2 sec....
Portable SMPlayer in less than 2 sec....

Answer from VLC: "Videolan team doesn't provide VLC portable."

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