[lsrkin]

Mpeg2 codec isn't installed. Can't play DVDs with this codec pack. Gspot and Zoom Player do not find any mpeg2 codecs.

[TranceEnergy]

I like the K-Lite codec pack, Qt Alternative lite and Real player Alternative Lite packages. They all allow you to select what folder you want to install into, in unattended mode. F.ex i place them under progfilesdir\Media\xxx And not just plan subdir of programfiles directory.

This post has been edited by TranceEnergy: 24 August 2008 - 12:57 PM

[Ascii2]

TranceEnergy, on Aug 24 2008, 01:57 PM, said:

I like the K-Lite codec pack, Qt Alternative lite and Real player Alternative Lite packages. They all allow you to select what folder you want to install into, in unattended mode.

Have you found a way of extracting the more recent versions of the packages?

[TranceEnergy]

What do you mean?

[Ascii2]

I was reffering to the extracting of recent versions of Real Alternative, QuickTime Alternative, and K-Lite codec pack installation packages (all are Inno Setup packages).

All newer installation packages have a password set disallowing preventing extraction of the packages without the set password. Older versions did not have this annoyance.

I wanted to know if you had found a way of unpacking the more recent installers.

[swgreed]

lsrkin, on Aug 7 2008, 08:54 AM, said:

Mpeg2 codec isn't installed. Can't play DVDs with this codec pack. Gspot and Zoom Player do not find any mpeg2 codecs.

It uses Cyberlink to play DVDs, but you will need at Least ZP 5.5 with updated PowerDVD8 graphs!

[TranceEnergy]

Ascii2, on Aug 25 2008, 11:05 AM, said:

I was reffering to the extracting of recent versions of Real Alternative, QuickTime Alternative, and K-Lite codec pack installation packages (all are Inno Setup packages).

All newer installation packages have a password set disallowing preventing extraction of the packages without the set password. Older versions did not have this annoyance.

I wanted to know if you had found a way of unpacking the more recent installers.

I have no idea what you are referring to. There is absolutely no password entering or such, i do not recognize the scenario you describe. I have tested installs with latest version of all just now today
in vmware and it runs perfectly.

[Ascii2]

TranceEnergy, on Aug 25 2008, 11:01 AM, said:

Ascii2, on Aug 25 2008, 11:05 AM, said:

I was reffering to the extracting of recent versions of Real Alternative, QuickTime Alternative, and K-Lite codec pack installation packages (all are Inno Setup packages).

All newer installation packages have a password set disallowing preventing extraction of the packages without the set password. Older versions did not have this annoyance.

I wanted to know if you had found a way of unpacking the more recent installers.

I have no idea what you are referring to. There is absolutely no password entering or such, i do not recognize the scenario you describe. I have tested installs with latest version of all just now today
in vmware and it runs perfectly.

If you have not understood what I had previously posted, it is likely that you have not unpacked the installers.

No password entry is prompted when running the installers.

I was not referring to the running of the installers; I was referring to the extracting of the installation packages without actually running the installers. This may be done using a tool like innounp ( http://innounp.sourceforge.net/ ) on the installer to unpack the packages. However, during attempt at unpack of the newer versions of K-Lite, QuickTime Alternative, and Real Alternative packages, unpack halts prompting for a password.

[Wolfgang16]

Hello,

what is this codecs3.6.exe doing? I expected it to unpack something and show me the readme.txt, but nothing happened. It looks like it made an unsuccessful installation. I found an DivX Configuration icon, but clicking on it says "The settings mangager was not found. Error"

bye
Wolfgang

OS: XP Pro

This post has been edited by Wolfgang16: 03 September 2008 - 04:12 PM

[zeroFX]

As is written in the first post (and the topic itself), it is a codec-pack for unattended installation. I presume, you do not know, what an unattended installation IS. You might want to check that up on wikipedia.org, the unattended page or this forum.

This post has been edited by zeroFX: 04 September 2008 - 04:43 AM

[Wolfgang16]

I know this, but its also written in the first post, that there is a README.TXT included. Where is it included? Can anybody point me to that file or post it?

[Yzöwl]

The 'ReadMe' is inside the self extracting executable file.

It seves no real purpose for general use and is therefore not used or shown in a normal unattended install. For anyone remotely interested in reading it, they'd simply open the file, (as opposed to execute it), and have full access to any file contained within.

[Wolfgang16]

thanks, I renamed the codecs3.6.exe to codecs3.6.rar. 7-zip opened this and I had access to the files inside, but the readme.txt does not solve my problem.

My problem is that the codecs3.6.exe is not a simple self-extracting archive. It changed something, but it failed to install the codecs. I found the following entries in setupapi.log:

Quote

[2008/09/04 01:17:10 3676.1]
#-198 Command line processed: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe" advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection codec.inf, DefaultInstall,3
#E361 An unsigned or incorrectly signed file "c:\dokume~1\wolfgang\lokale~1\temp\rarsfx0\codec.inf" will be installed (Policy=Ignore). Error 1168: Element nicht gefunden.
#E197 Writing "C:\WINDOWS\INF\codec.inf" to "C:\WINDOWS\INF" is not an approved method of installing INF files. Use a 'CopyINF' entry instead.
#-024 Copying file "C:\DOKUME~1\Wolfgang\LOKALE~1\Temp\RarSFX0\codec.inf" to "C:\WINDOWS\INF\codec.inf".
#E361 An unsigned or incorrectly signed file "C:\DOKUME~1\Wolfgang\LOKALE~1\Temp\RarSFX0\codec.inf" will be installed (Policy=Ignore). Error 0xe0000237: Es wurde eine INF-Datei in das Windows-INF-Verzeichnis auf nicht ordnungsgemäße Weise kopiert.
#-336 Copying file "C:\DOKUME~1\Wolfgang\LOKALE~1\Temp\RarSFX0\ac3filter.ax" to "C:\WINDOWS\system32\ac3filter.ax" via temporary file "C:\WINDOWS\system32\SET344.tmp".
#E361 An unsigned or incorrectly signed file "C:\DOKUME~1\Wolfgang\LOKALE~1\Temp\RarSFX0\ac3filter.ax" will be installed (Policy=Ignore). Error 1168: Element nicht gefunden.
...

I found control panels for AC3Filter, DirectVobSub, DivX, and Xvid configuration, but I cannot play those videos.

I would be thankful for any advice how to proceed now.

bye
Wolfgang

[zeroFX]

Wolfgang16, on Sep 5 2008, 02:35 AM, said:

thanks, I renamed the codecs3.6.exe to codecs3.6.rar. 7-zip opened this and I had access to the files inside, but the readme.txt does not solve my problem.

My problem is that the codecs3.6.exe is not a simple self-extracting archive. It changed something, but it failed to install the codecs.

Just to mention it: You should have been able to open the file (instead of executing it), by just right-clicking and selecting the packer to open it with.
Anyway, first: the codecs3.6.exe cannot just be a simple self-extracting file, if it shall install codecs. It executes the installation by running the commands listd in the codecs.inf. (Take a look at the archive comments:)

;Der folgende Kommentar enthält SFX-Skriptbefehle

Setup=rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection codec.inf, DefaultInstall,3
TempMode
Silent=1
Overwrite=1
Title=Unattended Codec Pack 3.6

Second: Though I doubt it will be of much use to you, you may want to check that codec.inf, to get a clue, what the unattended install did or at least tried to do.

Regarding the unsuccessful installation of the codec-pack: Did you have any additional codecs installed prior to executing the codecs3.6.exe?
As you already extracted the file, try right-clicking and installing the codec-pack this way.

ps: da du dem Anschein nach, genau wie der Entwickler des Packs, Deutscher bist (oder zumindest ein dt. OS benutzt), könntest du ihn, falls das für dich einfacher ist, sicherlich auch per PN anschreiben.

This post has been edited by zeroFX: 05 September 2008 - 01:18 AM

[Wolfgang16]

This is a fresh install of XP Pro SP3, I am not yet familiar with the system. I am also not familiar with inf files, the codec.inf is not simple. I started the installation a second time, but then it says, a file is already there and I did not continue. May be Ill try to contact the author, or I'll read the 39 pages ...

btw: are there other log files than the setupapi.log which are worth looking at?

This post has been edited by Wolfgang16: 05 September 2008 - 12:00 PM

[zeroFX]

To be honest, I never installed one of these, because I stick with K-Lite Codec Pack and I'm also not really familiar with inf-files (though I know a bit). But before reading every page of the thread you may try the "Search Topic" down left. Or check if there is an uninstall entry at the "Add/Remove Programs"-panel.

Else, it should be just fine to go ahead and install again, ignoring "file is already present"-messages.
If yours is a fresh install of XP and it turns out, in the end, to be not working (the codec-pack or something else), just reinstall Windows. ^^
(Naa, just a joke. But should not be such a problem, as a fresh install has not much to be saved before reinstalling the OS, right?)

ps: but you may just wait for someone else to post a more indeepth comment on this

[Wolfgang16]

it works now, the author helped me. I had to force the registration via a cmd file.

Thanks to all

[Yzöwl]

I'd appreciate it, for our members/information purposes, if either yourself or swgreed could document that fix here please!

Thank you.

[Wolfgang16]

As far as I understood, the installer does 2 things:
1. it copies the necessary dll's and other files (basically all files inside) to the c:\windows\system32 directory. That was ok in my case
2. it registers the codecs. This failed in my case. I don't know the reason.
Manual execution of a cmd file solved this. For the cmd file you might ask the author himself.

This post has been edited by Wolfgang16: 10 September 2008 - 10:57 AM

[Yzöwl]

Thanks for attempting to keep us informed!

Incidentally, technically I am the author of the inf file and installation method based upon the original ideas from swgreed. Nowadays the project is simply updated once in a while by updating the files and re-uploading.