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Read the locked post and also wondered when the MSI version would be released.
I looked at the https://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/ site and for every version I checked of Windows releases the EXE and MSI version were uploaded on the same day.

Perhaps did the MSI get created and forgotten to be uploaded?
Did the team that makes MSI Installer have issues and was going to circle back around to it and got sidetracked?

As an IT Engineer I can see both of these scenarios happening.

Since my Deployments are already using the MSI switching to exe is not a supported path.

Patiently waiting for a MSI Installer for over 10k systems.

VLC 3.0.21 will not be released as MSI nor with automatic updates due to regressions.

With that being said, I don't think large institutional installations should be relying on the volunteer team for releases, especially not timely releases.

I can understand testing and what not but this is the first release in Many Years that didn't have a MSI Released at the same time as an EXE release.

And Large Institution?

Sorry should have elaborated I manage Several Clients that total over 10K systems, not a single client.

I can wait for the next release to be released with a MSI Installer unless We run into and CVE that need patching.

Then it will be fun to remove the MSI Everywhere and install the exe.

And by Fun i mean none at all.

That being said i still stand by the comment about the Packaging team Missing an upload or the MSI Failed and got busy with Nightly msi builds and forgot about little old 3.0.21 version.

VLC 3.0.21 will not be released as MSI nor with automatic updates due to regressions.

With that being said, I don't think large institutional installations should be relying on the volunteer team for releases, especially not timely releases.

VLC Releases have always been Timely in the past no reason why they wouldn't be so now or in the future.

7zip is a single guy as are various other pieces of software used both privately and in the Business and Education Sectors.

No reason to put down the VLC Team for what is most likely a simple missed upload or failed build.

As an IT Engineer i have written Many, Many, MANY Script that do various things and sometimes what works for Client 1 will not work for Client 2, so like i said i can understand Testing and What not.

And I am not trying to call anyone out as I am sure the Videolan Team are hard at work on the next Big release.

Just thought it was ODD that this is the first version without a MSI release as far back as I tracked.

AFAIK, the executable installer is a PITA to build, because the build infrastructure is of course Linux-based. And the MSI is ten times worse. If you want timely MSI, you are most welcome to contract professional to make sure they happen, or to help the team make them.

As for testing, it's entirely dependent on people building the sources or downloading the nightly builds and reporting regressions. Currently there are indeed very few people actually testing, so there are a lot of regressions. Again, if you want it otherwise, you are most welcome to pay people to test or test yourself.

We can indemnify you 3x the price you paid your license for failed MSI releases.
Or just fix it, or wait

and reporting answers you don't like won't speed up the process

Hey Folks!

I hope everyone is having a great holiday season so far, and I apologize for resurrecting an old topic here on this forum. I wanted to seek clarity on a couple of answers provided regarding the skipped release of version 3.0.21 for the MSI. I understand that there are regressions, and I greatly appreciate all efforts the volunteer team has provided to all customers thus far by accommodating this installation method.

I reside in a fairly small organization that is sitting on the MSI version of VLC Player, and I have been assigned the task of remedying the CVE-2024-46461 vulnerability. I understand that this isn't an ideal situation for an enterprise, though, there really isn't an alternative product and the users have been accustomed to leveraging VLC Player for years upon years, and probably decades upon decades.

Question: Given that there will be no release of the MSI installation method for version 3.0.21, will there no longer be releases of the MSI installation method moving forward?

Question: What is the recommended installation method the VLC Player team recommends we use?

Question: Is it possible to circumvent the need of uninstalling the MSI version for an enterprise organization, or is the only path to uninstall the MSI version and install the updated version?

As always, I greatly appreciate your efforts and hope you all have a great year next year!

We also were waiting for an MSI release for 3.0.21. I have repackaged setup and used the upgrade guid from older versions, so it is removing older version seamlessly. If you want this release i can somehow upload and send the link