VLC remote: installation om portable VLC edition?

[simon46]

because my computer crash often, i use the portable VLC edition. Is there any chans to make the VLC remote work with the portable edition?

(failed to "setup vlc" untill i installed VLC via setup.exe into /program files/)

suggestions?

[ConfusedVorlon]

I'm afraid I didn't even know there was a portable edition!

could you point me to it?

You could try the manual instructions - they will at least let you see what parts of vlc you need to work with and see if they are supported in the portable edition.

[docgwen]

I think we are talking  running from a usb flashdrive   but here is the link

link

it works now sorry the http part doubled  lol

[MiDoJo]

Doc's link missing :

link is

http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/vlc_portable

Johnhaller's Portable apps wraps the program (In this case VLC) in a psuedo installer, it re-routes Both appdata and registry entries and/or cuases them to be removed when the program closes.  In the Case of VLC I believe it reroutes, though I don't use haller's VLC.  I could try it if CV wants though.

(I do use other products by him: ClamWin, Firefox, 7Zip, GoogleChrome)

One can also, though not as cleanly, use VLC as a portable app on it's own.  This method is laid out at
http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?q=vlc
with the ZIP file version being http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html

[docgwen]

sounds like more trouble than just using tcpmp   

[ConfusedVorlon]

sounds like it is just vlc running, so I'd have a look at the manual instructions and you'll see what you have to update there.

You'll just have to find the equivalent files to change in the portable version.

[simon46]

sounds like it is just vlc running, so I'd have a look at the manual instructions and you'll see what you have to update there.

You'll just have to find the equivalent files to change in the portable version.

..how? //simon46

[ConfusedVorlon]

..how? //simon46

you're on your own there I'm afraid. There are pretty detailed manual instructions to make VLC work. Hopefully you can use your knowledge of what VLC portable is to apply them there.

[simon46]

you're on your own there I'm afraid. There are pretty detailed manual instructions to make VLC work. Hopefully you can use your knowledge of what VLC portable is to apply them there.

well its sucks... well i gotta break some laws to make VLCsetup.exe better and then publish it in my name then

[MiDoJo]

VC what is the Helper looking for specifically on the machine? a certain reg entry? a ceretain file in a certain place (i.e. %appdata%\vlc\file.ext)

is it  C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\.hosts
if so could you, within the helper program, set a enviromental variable %vlcdirectory% (defaulted as %program files%\VideoLan\VLC\ and then allow the user to set that (in maybe an ini file or reg entry).   That way it'll look for %vlcdirectory%\http\.hosts which both versions I link above use.
PortableApps.com version = %driveletter%\VLCPortable\App\vlc\http\
VideoLan Zipped VLC version = \vlc-1.0.3\http\

simon are you using portableapps.com version or the second way I linked?

[ConfusedVorlon]

on the mac helper, you can just pick the version of vlc that you want to adjust.

on windows I'm actually not sure what is used to find the app.

The thing is, this is an extremely unusual case (the only one I have heard of) - so it seems reasonable to just follow the manual instructions rather than rebuilding the setup helper to accomodate it.