[vlc] Re: VLC.app gets BIGGER in file size (every item inside it) after some special issue_not a crash (Mac OS X)

[Verne Kleinsmidt]

I was told that VLC cannot unblock regional coding. Is this true? I was
under the impression that it could, but am told otherwise.

many thanks

Verne

On 2/9/07, Thomas Reuter <t.reuter at netcologne.de> wrote:
>
> Very mysterious, I try to describe:
>
> I was working on an issues with Firefox PlugIns (did not start the VLC
> application).
> Testing Firefox with my installed Internet PlugIns, ran into a conflict
> between VLC PlugIn and
> QuickTime. Nothing involving the VLC application.
>
> Just in the process of narrowing down possible causes, in try to get a
> fresh copy of the PlugIn, I
> redownloaded a fresh VLC 0.8.6a, reinstalled it, compared it against that
> old suspicious copy.
>
> The fresh copy is 41,9MB in size, the "old" is 72,7MB!!!
> Every file inside the package has "grown" to BIGGER. Must have happened 5
> days ago according to the
> modification dates. Don´t remember a certain crash or issue that day.
> E.g. vlc_libdirac_decoder.dylib from original 364kB to 752kB (and so on).
>
> Don´t know if this is interesting for anyone there.
> I´ll keep copies of the logs and that "grown app", ready to
> send/post/investigate if told so.
>
> B.T.W.:
> Getting the PlugIn
> I sure remember I have installed the VLC Plugin (v 0.12) from a dedicated
> dmg file (just lost it
> because of a head crash of my USB hard drive). I am sure I downloaded it
> more or less recently.
> But I can´t find by any means where to obtain that image again, only by
> "building it myself".
> Has it been pulled back by someone?
>
> Thomas
>
>
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