VLC Hell

Berton · 27 Jul 2020

Sweetsweetcorn said:

Here is your best solution.

Interesting warning on the page linked:

f14tomcat · 27 Jul 2020

Sweetsweetcorn said:

Here is your best solution.

From your link. Is this what you intended? A product openly stated not supported for last 3 years?

Sorry, Berton, just saw your post. With your permission, I'll leave mine for emphasis.

Berton · 27 Jul 2020

f14tomcat said:

Sorry, Berton, just saw your post. With your permission, I'll leave mine for emphasis.

No problem, confirmation usually proves useful.

TairikuOkami · 27 Jul 2020

Peppercrunch said:

But why would my computer act up like I mentioned?

It is possible, there is malware involved, a malicious script or DNS hijack redirecting you elsewhere.

f14tomcat said:

From your link. Is this what you intended? A product openly stated not supported for last 3 years?

MPC-HC is now handled by K-Lite team with no dedicated homepage, though webpages still reference to it, even though they list the latest version, but it is mostly about bug fixes, so not a reliable replacement.

https://www.softpedia.com/get/Multim...e-Cinema.shtml

f14tomcat · 27 Jul 2020

TairikuOkami said:

It is possible, there is malware involved, a malicious script or DNS hijack redirecting you elsewhere.

MPC-HC is now handled by K-Lite team with no dedicated homepage, though webpages still reference to it, even though they list the latest version, but it is mostly about bug fixes, so not a reliable replacement.

https://www.softpedia.com/get/Multim...e-Cinema.shtml

Maybe you should direct this to sweetcorn, as I am not the one recommending it.

Callender · 27 Jul 2020

Regarding updates:

https://www.softpedia.com/progChange...og-223869.html

https://www.softpedia.com/progChange...log-85999.html

OldGuyFromCdn · 27 Jul 2020

I just dl'd it from here with no problem.

Download official VLC media player for Windows - VideoLAN

OldNavyGuy · 27 Jul 2020

Download and run MiniToolBox from MajorGeeks (yep, still works in Windows 10).

Download Farbar MiniToolBox - MajorGeeks

Click Yes on the acknowledgement window that you are not using it commercially, and want to continue.

Click all entries that have Report and List in the title, and click Go.

Post the results text file MBT.txt

dalchina · 28 Jul 2020

Peppercrunch said:

Thanks :)
But why would my computer act up like I mentioned?

Need a screenshot of the message and what you're using to download it please. Too much guesswork involved otherwise.

By any chance are you using Chrome?

This type of file can harm your computer warning in Chrome - gHacks Tech News

AddRAM · 28 Jul 2020

I use Chrome and have no problems downloading VLC from here, and never have

Official download of VLC media player, the best Open Source player - VideoLAN