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Downloads:

16,285,527

Downloads of v 3.0.21:

1,095,119

Last Update:

09 Jun 2024

Package Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • VideoLAN Organization

Tags:

vlc foss cross-platform multimedia audio video mp3 dvd avi media player admin

VLC media player

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3.0.21 | Updated: 09 Jun 2024

Downloads:

16,285,527

Downloads of v 3.0.21:

1,095,119

Maintainer(s):

Software Author(s):

  • VideoLAN Organization

VLC media player 3.0.21

Legal Disclaimer: Neither this package nor Chocolatey Software, Inc. are affiliated with or endorsed by VideoLAN Organization. The inclusion of VideoLAN Organization trademark(s), if any, upon this webpage is solely to identify VideoLAN Organization goods or services and not for commercial purposes.

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All Checks are Passing

3 Passing Tests


Validation Testing Passed


Verification Testing Passed

Details

Scan Testing Successful:

No detections found in any package files

Details
Learn More

Deployment Method: Individual Install, Upgrade, & Uninstall

To install VLC media player, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To upgrade VLC media player, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

To uninstall VLC media player, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

>

Deployment Method:

NOTE

This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.

1. Enter Your Internal Repository Url

(this should look similar to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/)


2. Setup Your Environment

1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment

Please see the organizational deployment guide

2. Get the package into your environment

  • Open Source or Commercial:
    • Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
    • You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download

3. Copy Your Script

choco upgrade vlc -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" [other options]

See options you can pass to upgrade.

See best practices for scripting.

Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.

If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:


choco upgrade vlc -y --source="'INTERNAL REPO URL'" 
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE

Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
  Exit 0
}

Exit $exitCode

- name: Install vlc
  win_chocolatey:
    name: vlc
    version: '3.0.21'
    source: INTERNAL REPO URL
    state: present

See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.


chocolatey_package 'vlc' do
  action    :install
  source   'INTERNAL REPO URL'
  version  '3.0.21'
end

See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.


cChocoPackageInstaller vlc
{
    Name     = "vlc"
    Version  = "3.0.21"
    Source   = "INTERNAL REPO URL"
}

Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.


package { 'vlc':
  ensure   => '3.0.21',
  provider => 'chocolatey',
  source   => 'INTERNAL REPO URL',
}

Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.


4. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation

See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.

NOTE

This package is likely a meta/virtual (*) or an installer (*.install) or portable (*.portable) application package.

  • Meta/virtual (*) - has a dependency on the *.install or the *.portable package - it is provided for discoverability and for other packages to take a dependency on.
  • Portable (*.portable/*.commandline (deprecated naming convention)/*.tool (deprecated naming convention)) - usually zips or archives that require no administrative access to install.
  • Install (*.install/*.app (deprecated naming convention)) - uses native installers, usually requires administrative access to install.

Learn more about chocolatey's distinction of installed versus portable apps and/or learn about this kind of package.

Package Approved

This package was approved as a trusted package on 10 Dec 2024.

Description

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.

Screenshot

Features

  • Plays Files, Discs, Webcams, Devices and Streams.
  • Fast - Hardware Decoding.
  • Plays most codecs with no codec packs needed - MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, MP3...
  • Complete feature-set over the video, subtitle synchronisation, video and audio filters.
  • Runs on all platforms - Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, iOS, Android ...
  • Completely Free - no spyware, no ads and no user tracking.

Notes


README.md
# <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/chocolatey-community/chocolatey-packages@3952380efd0776bea6d964ed4e28efa979b434d2/icons/vlc.png" width="48" height="48"/> [vlc](https://chocolatey.org/packages/vlc)


VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.

![Screenshot](https://github.com/chocolatey-community/chocolatey-coreteampackages/blob/master/automatic/vlc/screenshot.png?raw=true)

## Features

- Plays Files, Discs, Webcams, Devices and Streams.
- Fast - Hardware Decoding.
- Plays most codecs with no codec packs needed - MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, MKV, WebM, WMV, MP3...
- Complete feature-set over the video, subtitle synchronisation, video and audio filters.
- Runs on all platforms - Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Unix, iOS, Android ...
- Completely Free - no spyware, no ads and no user tracking.

## Notes

- Related packages: [vlc-skins](https://chocolatey.org/packages/vlc-skins) [vlc-nightly](https://chocolatey.org/packages/vlc-nightly)

- **If the package is out of date please check [Version History](#versionhistory) for the latest submitted version. If you have a question, please ask it in [Chocolatey Community Package Discussions](https://github.com/chocolatey-community/chocolatey-packages/discussions) or raise an issue on the [Chocolatey Community Packages Repository](https://github.com/chocolatey-community/chocolatey-packages/issues) if you have problems with the package. Disqus comments will generally not be responded to.**
screenshot.png
 
update.ps1
Import-Module Chocolatey-AU
$releases = 'https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html'

function global:au_SearchReplace {
  @{
    "$($Latest.PackageName).nuspec" = @{
      "(\<dependency .+?`"$($Latest.PackageName).install`" version=)`"([^`"]+)`"" = "`$1`"[$($Latest.Version)]`""
    }
  }
}

function global:au_GetLatest {
    $download_page = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $releases -UseBasicParsing

    $re    = '\.exe$'
    $url   = $download_page.links | Where-Object href -match $re | ForEach-Object href
    $version  = $url[0] -split '-' | Select-Object -Last 1 -Skip 1
    @{
        Version      = $version
        URL32        = 'http:' + ( $url -match 'win32' | Select-Object -first 1 )
        URL64        = 'http:' + ( $url -match 'win64' | Select-Object -first 1 )
    }
}

if ($MyInvocation.InvocationName -ne '.') {
  update -ChecksumFor none
}

Log in or click on link to see number of positives.

In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).

Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.

Add to Builder Version Downloads Last Updated Status
VLC media player 3.0.20 1199957 Thursday, November 2, 2023 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.19 460120 Thursday, October 12, 2023 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.18 1830399 Tuesday, November 29, 2022 Approved
VLC media player (Install) 3.0.17.4 1158844 Wednesday, April 20, 2022 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.16 1474918 Wednesday, June 23, 2021 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.15 240523 Thursday, June 10, 2021 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.14 367275 Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.13 15825 Monday, May 10, 2021 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.12 746246 Monday, January 18, 2021 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.11 1111912 Tuesday, June 16, 2020 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.10 337904 Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.8 1621962 Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.7.1 365014 Wednesday, June 12, 2019 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.7 59666 Friday, June 7, 2019 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.6 506995 Thursday, January 10, 2019 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.5 84200 Sunday, December 30, 2018 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.4 409513 Friday, August 31, 2018 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.3 296874 Wednesday, May 30, 2018 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.2 142866 Monday, April 23, 2018 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.1 205888 Wednesday, February 28, 2018 Approved
VLC media player 3.0.0 132990 Saturday, February 10, 2018 Approved
VLC media player 2.2.8 530774 Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Approved
VLC media player 2.2.6 745660 Wednesday, May 24, 2017 Approved
VLC media player 2.2.5.1 47400 Friday, May 12, 2017 Approved
VLC media player 2.2.4.20161210 355507 Saturday, December 10, 2016 Approved
VLC media player 2.2.4.20161207 27345 Wednesday, December 7, 2016 Approved
VLC media player 2.2.4.20161202 36163 Friday, December 2, 2016 Approved
VLC media player 2.2.4.20161128 40380 Monday, November 28, 2016 Approved
VLC media player 2.2.4 145280 Sunday, June 5, 2016 Approved
VLC media player 2.2.3 977 Sunday, May 8, 2016 Approved
VLC media player 2.2.2 47851 Saturday, February 6, 2016 Approved
VLC media player 2.2.1.20150630 92562 Tuesday, June 30, 2015 Approved
VLC media player 2.2.1 35868 Friday, April 17, 2015 Approved
VLC media player 2.2.0 16697 Tuesday, March 3, 2015 Approved
VLC media player 2.1.5.20140811 38010 Monday, August 11, 2014 Approved
VLC 2.1.5.20140728 4019 Monday, July 28, 2014 Approved
VLC 2.1.5 1361 Sunday, July 27, 2014 Approved
VLC 2.1.3 15687 Sunday, February 9, 2014 Approved
VLC 2.1.2 5184 Wednesday, December 11, 2013 Approved
VLC 2.1.1 2326 Sunday, November 17, 2013 Approved
VLC 2.1.0 3068 Thursday, September 26, 2013 Approved
VLC 2.0.8 2867 Sunday, August 4, 2013 Approved
VLC 2.0.7 3033 Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Approved
VLC 2.0.6.20130527 1611 Monday, May 27, 2013 Approved
VLC 2.0.6 930 Monday, May 27, 2013 Approved
VLC 2.0.2.20120713 5065 Thursday, July 12, 2012 Approved
VLC 2.0.2.20120712 910 Thursday, July 12, 2012 Approved
VLC 2.0.2 986 Monday, July 2, 2012 Approved
VLC 2.0.1 208023 Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Approved
VLC 1.1.11 1076 Friday, December 23, 2011 Approved
VLC 1.1.10 977 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
VLC 1.1.9.1 952 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
VLC 1.1.9 966 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
VLC 1.1.8 1002 Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Approved
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