[john2007]

i went to the site also i don't see the new builds post it Acheron

[cybpsych]

just be patient, Acheron usually releases all 6 flavors:

English-Lite
English-Micro
Asian-Lite
Asian-Micro
European-Lite
European-Micro

Probably he's still fine-tuning the packages before release for our 'consumption' All in all, it's a total of ~180MB of upload.

[cybpsych]

hi Acheron,

I've finally found out what's the problem ...

At first, I created the nero SDK folder in a few level deep folders at c: drive (e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\{userid}\Desktop\nerosdk) ... the scripts failed ...

then I moved the entire nerosdk folder into D: drive (root) ... still failed and i noticed even less files are parsed during micromize ...

again, I purposely moved the nerosdk folder into C: drive (root) ... seems that more files are parsed and looks 'normal' ... finally, i use the NeroLite_english.cmd, and surprisingly the script worked and created 2 additional ISS scripts at nerosdk's root. Continuing the process, I used the NeroLite_compile.cmd and voila! there's Nero Lite and Nero Micro created in the Output folder!!!

Curious:

1) Why are the scripts so picky on where the nerosdk located?

2) Where is the script to edit so that it won't nag the code signing? Maybe there'll be an option (in newer SDK) to choose whether to use code signing or not.


Oh BTW, the custom Lite/Micro packages worked. However, after finishing installation, there's still a dialog box asking for serial number.

Final Lite size: 33.4 MB (35,057,619 bytes)
Final Micro size: 20.7 MB (21,796,819 bytes)


THANKS!

This post has been edited by cybpsych: 21 December 2008 - 04:03 AM

[cybpsych]

Just in case somebody thinking to request Acheron to consider 7-Zip SFX (my first thought as well when using NeroLiteSDK), I did more testings & comparison using 7-zip to recompress all the files from Nero Lite/Micro (files are purely extracted in a crude way using Universal Extractor) ...

Micro files: 66.4 MB (69,630,264 bytes)

Micro (IS): 20.7 MB (21,796,819 bytes)

Micro (7Z): 19.4 MB (20,409,398 bytes) <-- saved 1,387,421 bytes


Lite files: 99.2 MB (104,068,050 bytes)

Lite (IS): 33.4 MB (35,057,619 bytes)

Lite (7Z): 30.6 MB (32,190,283 bytes) <-- saved 2,867,336 bytes


So, the rough conclusion is that repackaging Acheron's Lite/Micro doesn't gain any significant space saving (~1.4MB). On the contrary, repackaging Lite with 7-Zip gained ~2.9MB, which may tease the appetite to repackage Lite (or even Micro) with 7-Zip.

cheers to Acheron for his excellent SDK

This post has been edited by cybpsych: 21 December 2008 - 04:31 AM

[JoaoVr]

I just went to the site and still nothing :/ I hope the serial thing is fixed on this new realease.

[radix]

cybpsych, on Dec 21 2008, 12:30 PM, said:

Just in case somebody thinking to request Acheron to consider 7-Zip SFX (my first thought as well when using NeroLiteSDK), I did more testings & comparison using 7-zip to recompress all the files from Nero Lite/Micro

Have you tried Compression=lzma/ultra64 in \Script\NeroLite_base.iss?
Nero Lite 8.3.13.0= 31.8 MB
Nero Micro 8.3.13.0= 20.1 MB

[Acheron]

I could use ultra compression for Nero Lite. However on older pc's it would take a lot more time to decompress all files.

About .NET VC++ files. These are not compatible. Testing on a Virtual Machine showed that also the VMWARE Tools install these files. Also other software still needs the older VC++ 2005 SP1 redistributable files.


@cybpsych, I don't know why your build failed. Make sure you have enough room in both your temp folder and the Nero SDK folder. About the serial window. Does it enter your serial or not?

[radix]

JoaoVr, on Dec 21 2008, 03:40 PM, said:

I hope the serial thing is fixed on this new realease.

I have problem with registration only on reinstall. Last test made in a clean VM was OK.
I solved importing the serial:

@echo off
start /wait Nero-8.3.13.0_english_lite.exe /verysilent /norestart /USER="User Name" /COMPANY="Company" /TYPE="Full"
REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Nero\Installation\Families\Nero 8\Info" /v "Serial8_1229871550" /t REG_SZ /d "XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX" /f
exit

This post has been edited by radix: 21 December 2008 - 02:25 PM

[Nick_White]

"Serial8_1229871550" will only work on one machine.

[radix]

Nick_White, on Dec 21 2008, 10:56 PM, said:

"Serial8_1229871550" will only work on one machine.

Tested and works on two different PC's.

[Acheron]

Nero 8 Lite 8.3.13.0 is now available from my site. Sorry for the delay, but I did not expect any updates for Nero 8.

Thanks to help from some users there are still lot of things to improve on the existing installer. I will look at each suggestion carefully and improve the installer within the next few weeks

[cybpsych]

Acheron, on Dec 22 2008, 02:00 AM, said:

@cybpsych, I don't know why your build failed. Make sure you have enough room in both your temp folder and the Nero SDK folder. About the serial window. Does it enter your serial or not?

Acheron, I've already found the problem. Details at post #835.

The problem occurred based on where I put the nerosdk folder. The *only* working place where the SDK will work is at C:\ (root). If I put it in other folders/drives, the scripts failed.

about the serial window, it asks for a serial. After i provided it a serial, everything continues to work.

[Inferi0r]

Many thanks for the update.

[john2007]

Thanks Acheron for the update everyone have a good Christmas

[Alex]

P.S. Nero 9 Lite is not in building Nero 9 Lite ever.

What does this mean?

Can You upload new SDK?

What is fixed in nero 8.3.13.0?

Thanks a lot,
Alex

[Gorki]

Acheron, on Dec 22 2008, 12:44 AM, said:

Nero 8 Lite 8.3.13.0 is now available from my site. Sorry for the delay, but I did not expect any updates for Nero 8.

Thanks to help from some users there are still lot of things to improve on the existing installer. I will look at each suggestion carefully and improve the installer within the next few weeks

For some reason I can't apply serial on Nero 8 Lite 8.3.13.0 ? Serial input box pops up and it'supressed.
I used this method with previous builds but this one does not go smooth using switches. If I add it manually (on first run works fine),but via switches...no go...

/VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP- /SERIAL="XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX"

but if I add

 /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /SP- /SERIAL="XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX" /USER="User Name" /COMPANY="Company" /TYPE="Full"

serial box appears empty and it's supressed, however when I run program everything is fine and I can confirm my license is there also.

[Nick_White]

Serial entering should be very easy to do and should work flawless everytime you try it.
This is not the case with the current implementation. I've tried it many times on real machine and on virtual. Sometimes, the serial just won't enter and I have to to to the Control Center and add the serial manually (very NOT unattended). This happenes especially when the computer i'm installing Nero is working on something else.

[mara-]

radix, on Dec 21 2008, 10:22 PM, said:

Nick_White, on Dec 21 2008, 10:56 PM, said:

"Serial8_1229871550" will only work on one machine.

Tested and works on two different PC's.

This will only work on machines which had Nero installed before, but it won't work on machines that never had Nero installed.

Cheers

[radix]

mara-, on Dec 25 2008, 07:45 PM, said:

radix, on Dec 21 2008, 10:22 PM, said:

Nick_White, on Dec 21 2008, 10:56 PM, said:

"Serial8_1229871550" will only work on one machine.

Tested and works on two different PC's.

This will only work on machines which had Nero installed before, but it won't work on machines that never had Nero installed.

Cheers

It was tested on a laptop which have CD-ROM drive (can not write on CD or DVD, just read), so last month when I installed XP Home on it, I skip Nero.

[Acheron]

Nick_White, on Dec 25 2008, 09:34 AM, said:

Serial entering should be very easy to do and should work flawless everytime you try it.
This is not the case with the current implementation. I've tried it many times on real machine and on virtual. Sometimes, the serial just won't enter and I have to to to the Control Center and add the serial manually (very NOT unattended). This happenes especially when the computer i'm installing Nero is working on something else.

If you know of some other way of automatic serial entering please show me. Nero 8 Lite is open source so any help is appreciated.