Same error. Manually downloading/updating worked fine though.Downloading 2.0.4 gets to 100% (or maybe just before that) and the application disappears. Upon rebooting VLC, the error message "The application has just crashed..." appears.
This behavior is 100% repeatable even with preferences reset and anti-virus temporarily disabled.
I believe that the windows 2.04 installation package itself is corrupt.
I have the same problem. its not just 2.0.4 VLC Update. I had the same problem with 2.0.3 Update. The same thing happened with this new 2.0.4 Update. I start VLC to play a video file and I get the Update Popup. When I click to Update, something downloads for a minute or two. Then when the downloading finishes, VLC shuts down and then nothing happens. VLC taskbar icon disappears and then nothing happens. When we restart VLC I get the error message saying "VLC crashed, do you want to send a bug report?" The best thing to do is uninstall the old version manually and then install the new version after manually downloading it. I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit. BTW, the 64 bit VLC version is still experimental. Looking at how long its been that way, I am guessing it will always remain experimental.Downloading 2.0.4 gets to 100% (or maybe just before that) and the application disappears. Upon rebooting VLC, the error message "The application has just crashed..." appears.
This behavior is 100% repeatable even with preferences reset and anti-virus temporarily disabled.
I believe that the windows 2.04 installation package itself is corrupt.
You're welcome AbinadiHey eastcoaster, you are right. As soon as I read your post I remembered that is what I resorted to on the last update.. That time I stumbled onto the solution while poking around and is how I got it installed. This update needs the same work around. It had been just long enough since the 2.0.3 update that I had forgot.
And you are correct that the developer needs to fix this next time around. But I do feel that these guys do such a fantastic job with what they have created in VLC, that surely this can be forgiven.
If you use the auto update within the previous versions, it will give you the aforementioned error message and then the download disappears. Since it doesn't ask where you want to save it, it appears to only reside in operating memory and when it can't run, you also no longer have access to the downloaded installer.
For those who are having the same problem (and who are on Win7 OS) who are reading this thread, here is the method.
Go to the Videolan site and download the v2.0.4 installer program and save it where you can locate it.
Go to the location where the download was saved by you.
Right click and choose "Run as Administrator"
The installer will run and will ask if you want to uninstall the previous version.
Click Yes and it will proceed to take off the old version and then install the new one.
Thanks eastcoaster for your suggestion and the help.
Rémi Denis-Courmon, after reading your comment, I assume you may not be aware, that VLC's home webpage has a "Donate" box on the top right corner. Do you think VLC users will be encouraged to donate to VLC after reading your "Scratch your own itches" comment, coming from a VLC developer? If we users should scratch our own itches, then why should we users donate to VLC? I am sure you are a talented developer and genuinely trying to help improve VLC player during your "hobbyist programming hours" but you certainly need to retake your public relations class for the benefit of VLC's donation collections and organization itself.The most basic principle of open-soruce is that you scratch your own itches. If you don't scratch them, you should not expect some unspecified third party, certainly not hobbyist programmers unrelated to you, to scratch them on your behalf.
As you seem to be more into paying than waiting, I suggest you hire consultants to look specifically at your problems, rather than donate for no specifiable purpose.
Yes and there is also a "Why?" link that conspicuously does not mention software development and bug fixing:Rémi Denis-Courmon, after reading your comment, I assume you may not be aware, that VLC's home webpage has a "Donate" box on the top right corner. Do you think VLC users will be encouraged to donate to VLC after reading your "Scratch your own itches" comment, coming from a VLC developer? If we users should scratch our own itches, then why should we users donate to VLC?
So what do you prefer?I am sure you are a talented developer and genuinely trying to help improve VLC player during your "hobbyist programming hours" but you certainly need to retake your public relations class for the benefit of VLC's donation collections and organization itself.
VLC_help is a volunteer answering questions and filling bugs, but not writing code (so far).No, I am not into paying and if you take a look at that link I posted in my earlier message, I have patiently waited for more than six months not for a bug fix but at least a response from the developer named "VLC_Help" which never came. If I was into paying, I wouldn't be reporting bugs in an open source forum.
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