Old vlc plugin

Hey,
I am trying to revive an old patch in order to record it. It is a kind of music video, and uses the VLC node. However, it is an older version - specifically 0.3test.
I tried bringing the patch into beta42, but it has incompatibilities. So, I made a vvvv instance of beta29 - by the way, the way vvvv has old versions of both the main software and the addonpacks available is exemplary! Anyway, in this beta29 instance, I have the patch otherwise up, but I am missing the VLC plugin. I tried using version vlc05test that I found in some old backups, but it says “This assembly is built by a runtime newer than the currently loaded runtime and cannot be loaded” when I try to load it.

So, can anyone help me to a) find the vlc03test version of the plugin, or b) work around the “newer runtime” issue so that I can use the vlc05test that I have?

hey dEp!

glad to hear that this not unsignificant archival work we’re doing is of help.

but you’re saying the version of the vlc plugin that ships with addons_45beta29_x86 is not the right one? beware: back then vlc seems to have only been available with the x86 builds!

Hmmm, I have several working VLC plugins in 42 x64 - the basic ones (DX9) came in the addon pack, and the DX11 one is in the DX11 pack. Note that you have to install the correct version (x86/x64) version of VLC and set the path to it in the libvlc_searchpath.txt file in addonpack/lib/nodes/plugins if it’s not the usual place on C:. (I’m using 3.0.20) Here’s what mine has in it to cover various places on different machines:

%ProgramFiles%\VideoLAN\VLC
%ProgramFilesx86%\VideoLAN\VLC
.\VLC
D:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC
D:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC

Note the VLC I like to use is the VLC2 pack as it gives much faster playback position updates and allows setting the audio output device. Oddly, I cannot find the beta contributions on the website anymore… In fact the beta download page is just blank! Hmmm…

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