Tribler installer size could be easily reduced by deleting unused vlc plugins and libraries

[whirm]

Currently we are shipping everything, but we don't really need stuff like dvd support or cacalib output.

[ghost]

For goodness sake, what the hell is going on with the size?

Program	Size
Tribler	86 MB
qBittorrent	16 MB
PicoTorrent	3 MB

[synctext]

yeah, our installer includes a lot. On Windows a complete VLC installer, full Python interpreter, lots of libraries, and 3 versions of VB. Can be slimmed down.

[lfdversluis]

VLC takes a lot indeed (58%)

[ichorid]

another reason to remove embedded VLC #5388

[devos50]

Regardless of whether we want to remove VLC or not, this issue is not addressed yet. We still ship every plugin available on Windows and therefore this issue should still be open.

[eproxus]

The Windows 64-bit installer is currently 160 Mb (!). Seems the size has doubled since this issue was first raised.

[qstokkink]

Most of the installer size can be attributed to PyQt5. My <Tribler install dir>/lib/PyQt5 directory clocks in at just over 400 MB (!). Almost everything else in Tribler is in the order of a few MB at most.

Removing non-essential Qt5 files (or switching away from Qt5 altogether) seems like a good idea.