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an error occured while checking for updates...

Postby student101 » 24 Mar 2009 19:13

When using the Help / Check for Updates...
I get "an error occured while checking for updates"

Is this a bug / VLC issue or Windows issue?
What can be done to fix the update checker / feature?

VLC 0.9.8a Grishenko
Winxp SP3 - 2 GB Ram - 1.60 Dual core CPU

What else you need?

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Re: an error occured while checking for updates...

Postby student101 » 24 Mar 2009 22:06

Thanks,
I've allowed VLC in the Firewall, no Luck there...
Do you know the port and is it UDP or TCP ?

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Re: an error occured while checking for updates...

Postby VLC_help » 25 Mar 2009 15:41

Updater doesn't work. Known issue.
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Re: an error occured while checking for updates...

Postby student101 » 25 Mar 2009 16:09

Thanks, do know of an ETA for it to work?
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Re: an error occured while checking for updates...

Postby VLC_help » 26 Mar 2009 17:44

Maybe in VLC 1.1.x. It was removed from 1.0.0
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Re: an error occured while checking for updates...

Postby student101 » 26 Mar 2009 18:09

Thank you.
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Re: an error occured while checking for updates...

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 28 Mar 2009 23:18

Maybe in VLC 1.1.x. It was removed from 1.0.0
What?
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Re: an error occured while checking for updates...

Postby VLC_help » 29 Mar 2009 15:32

VLC 1.0.0 I built last weekend doesn't have Help -> Update menu item. So I assumed it was removed because the feature won't be in final 1.0.0
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Re: an error occured while checking for updates...

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 29 Mar 2009 15:45

VLC 1.0.0 I built last weekend doesn't have Help -> Update menu item. So I assumed it was removed because the feature won't be in final 1.0.0

--enable-update-check, my friend!
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Re: an error occured while checking for updates...

Postby VLC_help » 30 Mar 2009 17:57

Sorry. My bad.
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Re: an error occured while checking for updates...

Postby student101 » 30 Mar 2009 20:10

VLC 1.0.0 I built last weekend doesn't have Help -> Update menu item. So I assumed it was removed because the feature won't be in final 1.0.0
--enable-update-check, my friend!
So is the update feature supposed to work?
I have latest version 0.9.8a (I hope...)
[edit]I will gladly download the version that actually does allow updating...[/edit]
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Re: an error occured while checking for updates...

Postby VLC_help » 31 Mar 2009 18:48

There isn't working update in 0.9.x series. 1.0.0 has update feature.
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Re: an error occured while checking for updates...

Postby student101 » 31 Mar 2009 18:51

Thanks will get it.

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Re: an error occured while checking for updates...

Postby DAC324 » 01 Apr 2009 20:14

There isn't working update in 0.9.x series. 1.0.0 has update feature.
Not yet. Just tried version 1.0.0-pre1-20090401-0028 Goldeneye, and there is still this annoying error message when checking for updates.

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Re: an error occured while checking for updates...

Postby marianno » 26 Dec 2011 10:06

an error occured while checking for updates


pls i need the program comunicate with internet , why cant update ?? have windows 7 ultimate and use the programs to view live programs tv


pls fix that
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Re: an error occured while checking for updates...

Postby VLC_help » 26 Dec 2011 19:51

You can update VLC manually.
http://www.videolan.org/
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