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Download and install the VLC media player and related plugins
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Download and install the VLC media player and related plugins

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# vlc_installer [![Flattr this][flatter_png]][flatter]

Downloads and install the VLC media player available
at http://www.videolan.org/.

vlc_installer looks in the directory where vlc_installer.exe is for
any files it needs before attempting to download them. If it does download a
file, it will attempt to save a copy of the file in this same directory.

vlc_installer adds the installation directory to your PATH environment variable.
On 32-bit systems, this directory is usually `C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC`.
On 64-bit systems, this directory is usually `C:\Program Files(x86)\VideoLAN\VLC`.

## Usage

````
vlc_installer [options]

Options:
/S Install the application silently with the default options selected
/D=path Install into the directory 'path' (default is
%ProgramFiles(x86)%\VideoLAN)
/INSTYPE n Where n is a number between 1 and 2:
1: All - VLC 32-bit - All Windows versions
2: All - VLC 64-bit (Experimental) - All Windows 64-bit versions
````

## Verify a Release

To verify a release, download the .zip, .sha256, and .asc files for the release
(replacing vlc_installer-2.2.2-win32.zip with the release you are verifying):

````
$ wget https://github.com/rasa/vlc_installer/releases/download/v2.2.2/vlc_installer-2.2.2-win32.zip{,.sha256,.asc}
````

Next, check that sha256sum reports "OK":
````
$ sha256sum -c vlc_installer-2.2.2-win32.zip.sha256
vlc_installer-2.2.2-win32.zip: OK
````

Lastly, check that GPG reports "Good signature":

````
$ gpg --keyserver hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-key 0x105a5225b6ab4b22
$ gpg --verify vlc_installer-2.2.2-win32.zip.asc vlc_installer-2.2.2-win32.zip
gpg: using RSA key 0xFF914F74B4BB6EF3
gpg: Good signature from "Ross Smith II " [ultimate]
...
````

## Contributing

To contribute to this project, please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).

## Bugs

To view existing bugs, or report a new bug, please see [issues](../../issues).

## Changelog

To view the version history for this project, please see [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md).

## License

This project is [MIT licensed](LICENSE).

## Contact

This project was created and is maintained by [Ross Smith II][] [![endorse][endorse_png]][endorse]

Feedback, suggestions, and enhancements are welcome.

[Ross Smith II]: mailto:ross@smithii.com "ross@smithii.com"
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