[Sunil]

finally, one that i can personally customise.

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

@AMDTWraith:

Instead of using separate runonceex lines, you could call a batch file from runonceex, which would make your runonceex ALOT easier !

[AMDTWraith]

True, but the more files i have the more there is to add to the image and keep track of. At the moment i have one folder for each codec holding only its required files and the inf and one entry in the runonce file, to add/remove these things is trivial.

I also like to keep the execution paths as short as possible so any errors that occur don't propogate too far. Debugging installation that go wrong it painful and time consuming so the simpler things are the less there is to investigate.

Obviously as you suggest it could be done from a batch file, i merely choose not to is all. Besides, theres nothing complicated about runonceex, its just a set of standard AddReg entries

[SiMoNsAyS]

@swgreed i use your codec pack and i think it's great very complete but i wonder if you can add free encoders, for example xvid encoder. it shouldn't be any problem because there are more like it that are opensource or GNU

[MtK]

Hi,

I'm having problems with a muli-CD movie.
I made a play-list for all the CDs and after playing the 1st CD, it passes to the 2nd CD but no image is shown (black screen with sound).

I'm not sure it has to do with codecs because it happens only when playing on secondary monitor (TV-Out).

Does anybody knows anything about this...?

[Solid as a rock]

AMDTWraith, on Jun 9 2004, 06:13 AM, said:

If you're going to be registering codecs manually why not jsut write inf files for each of them? It removes the need to know a path to the files themselves and enables you to do add them to the add/remove programs list as well. Registration is handled with the DllRegister command and the registry stuff with AddReg, all its quite simple once you learn the basics.

I've got side by side divx 3, 4 and 5 as well as huffyuv and mjpeg codecs working with this method as well as mpc, ape, flac, ogg and shn audio directshow filters and a few little powertoys. All silently installed and fully functional.

it means all you have to do for each new codec is add a single line to the runonceex key or possibly cmdlines.txt, like this

HKLM,"%RunOnceEx%\install_035",,,"Audio Codecs"
HKLM,"%RunOnceEx%\install_035",1,,"rundll32.exe setupapi InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 %24%\Install\Codecs\audio\ogg\oggdshow.inf"
HKLM,"%RunOnceEx%\install_035",2,,"rundll32.exe setupapi InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 %24%\Install\Codecs\audio\ape\apedshow.inf"
HKLM,"%RunOnceEx%\install_035",3,,"rundll32.exe setupapi InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 %24%\Install\Codecs\audio\flac\flacdshow.inf"
HKLM,"%RunOnceEx%\install_035",4,,"rundll32.exe setupapi InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 %24%\Install\Codecs\audio\mpc\mpcdshow.inf"
HKLM,"%RunOnceEx%\install_035",5,,"rundll32.exe setupapi InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 %24%\Install\Codecs\audio\shn\shndshow.inf"
HKLM,"%RunOnceEx%\install_035",6,,"rundll32.exe setupapi InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 %24%\Install\Codecs\audio\ogg\fixogg.inf"
HKLM,"%RunOnceEx%\install_035",6,,"rundll32.exe setupapi InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 %24%\Install\Codecs\audio\lame\lameacm.inf"

HKLM,"%RunOnceEx%\install_040",,,"Video Codecs"
HKLM,"%RunOnceEx%\install_040",1,,"%24%\Install\Codecs\wmv9VCMsetup.exe /Q"
HKLM,"%RunOnceEx%\install_040",2,,"rundll32.exe setupapi InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 %24%\Install\Codecs\video\divx3\divx3.inf"
HKLM,"%RunOnceEx%\install_040",3,,"rundll32.exe setupapi InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 %24%\Install\Codecs\video\divx4\divx4.inf"
HKLM,"%RunOnceEx%\install_040",4,,"rundll32.exe setupapi InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 %24%\Install\Codecs\video\divx5\divx5.inf"
HKLM,"%RunOnceEx%\install_040",5,,"rundll32.exe setupapi InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 %24%\Install\Codecs\video\huffyuv\huffyuv.inf"
HKLM,"%RunOnceEx%\install_040",6,,"rundll32.exe setupapi InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 128 %24%\Install\Codecs\video\mjpeg\mjpeg.inf"

i am sorry but i dont understand your answer. your answer is far more difficulter then my example is...

but the codecs DONT work, check my last ( below this post ) post to find out more....

[Solid as a rock]

SolidasRock, on Jun 9 2004, 05:01 AM, said:

Bâshrat the Sneaky, on Jun 5 2004, 03:16 AM, said:

  Solution: add EXIT to the end of the CMD... (Wasn't that the obvious?)

i really dont understand. i have try this a few time, but after this i never can open a divx movie.....

I put the files (not folder) into \$OEM$\$$\System32 then i put the "codecs.reg" and "codecs.cmd" into \$OEM$\$1\install

so i must copy all the files but not the cmd and reg ones right in system32??

Then added the lines to my main .cmd of batch file, in my case its main_batch.cmd
loaded from guirunonce in winnt.sif

[GuiRunOnce]
    Command0=%systemdrive%\install\main_batch.cmd
    Command1=%systemdrive%\install\codec.cmd

that is it? registering the codec.reg are already in codec.cmd in the last line?

CLS
copy *.* %systemroot%\system32

regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\ac3filter.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\CLLine21.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\CLNAVX.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\CLVSD.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\divxdec.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\xvid.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\mpeg2dmx.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\mpgaudio.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\mpgdec.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\CoreVorbis.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\l3codecx.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\iac25_32.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\Ivfsrc.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\vp6dec.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\ir41_32.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\OggDS.dll

REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\codec.reg
exit

this is my last post...

[tr4ck]

Hi. I have a quick question. I don't want to install gspot. So to remove it all I have to do is delete these things right?

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GSpot Appliance Corp\gspot\Settings]
"LicenseDisplayed"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpg\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ogg\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ogm\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ram\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rm\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vob\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.asf\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wmv\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]

;gspot verknüpfung
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\gspot.exe\shell\open\command]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\gspot.exe %1"

and delete gspot.exe and GSpot221.

is that right?

thanks.

[Solid as a rock]

tr4ck, on Jun 14 2004, 12:37 AM, said:

Hi.  I have a quick question.  I don't want to install gspot.  So to remove it all I have to do is delete these things right?

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GSpot Appliance Corp\gspot\Settings]
"LicenseDisplayed"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpg\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ogg\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ogm\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ram\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rm\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vob\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.asf\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wmv\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]

;gspot verknüpfung
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\gspot.exe\shell\open\command]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\gspot.exe %1"

and delete gspot.exe and GSpot221.

is that right?

thanks.

no answers?

[SiMoNsAyS]

tr4ck, on Jun 14 2004, 12:37 AM, said:

Hi.  I have a quick question.  I don't want to install gspot.  So to remove it all I have to do is delete these things right?

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GSpot Appliance Corp\gspot\Settings]
"LicenseDisplayed"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.avi\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.mpg\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ogg\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ogm\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ram\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.rm\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.vob\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.asf\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wmv\OpenWithList\gspot.exe]

;gspot verknüpfung
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\gspot.exe\shell\open\command]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\gspot.exe %1"

and delete gspot.exe and GSpot221.

is that right?

thanks.

you have the answer simply delete that registry keys, the main .exe file and the .dat file.

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

MtK, on Jun 13 2004, 10:32 AM, said:

Hi,

I'm having problems with a muli-CD movie.
I made a play-list for all the CDs and after playing the 1st CD, it passes to the 2nd CD but no image is shown (black screen with sound).

I'm not sure it has to do with codecs because it happens only when playing on secondary monitor (TV-Out).

Does anybody knows anything about this...?

You should disable Hardware overlay. This means that your graphics card is helping to decode the movie, which lowers the CPU usage.
So search in the options of your player and disable hardware overlay!

[MtK]

@Bâshrat the Sneaky

Just to understand,
isn't it a good thing, if the Graphic Card is helping to lower my CPU Usage?

How does that affect the black screen when moving to the next CD?

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Because there's another GPU for that screen, which isn't used for hardware overlay...

[Zhoerd]

Looks fine to me, but I'm not sure where I can find the codec.reg file. The rar file in the first post isn't available anymore. Who can help me ? And most off all, how do I get it to run with Windows Media Player 9 instead of the classic version.

Edit, extra question

[Littlefoot]

Zhoerd, on Jun 16 2004, 08:06 AM, said:

Looks fine to me, but I'm not sure where I can find the codec.reg file. The rar file in the first post isn't available anymore.

The file is available, I have straightly downloaded it.

[MtK]

@Bâshrat the Sneaky

before jumping to conclutions, what exactly is "hardware overlay"?

[Zhoerd]

Thanks, now it was available... odd

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

MtK, on Jun 16 2004, 05:08 PM, said:

@Bâshrat the Sneaky

before jumping to concluSions, what exactly is "hardware overlay"?

Quote

What software and hardware must be installed on my computer before I can run WinDVD?
    * VGA graphics card with hardware overlay support (See WinDVD Graphic Chipset FAQ for more details.)
      For TV output, the VGA card needs Macrovision support in order to display copyrighted DVD content.
      (See the Graphic Chipsets FAQs for more details.)

...

Graphics Subsystem

The second most important component to overall performance is the graphics subsystem. The video graphics may accelerate various portions of the video decoding. Some examples are as follows: Software only playback, with all decode processing done by the CPU. Video acceleration with motion compensation performed by the graphics processor. Video acceleration with IDCT (inverse discrete cosine transform) and motion compensation performed by the graphics processor Video acceleration with VLD (variable length decoding), IDCT (inverse discrete cosine transform) ,and motion compensation performed by the graphics processor Each successive case reduces the load on the CPU. For more information on what performance to expect, refer to the FAQ about CPU expectations below.

Source: http://www.intervideo.com/jsp/AudioBooster...de=Requirements


As I told before: the GPU helps to decode the films, so the CPU hasn't to decode it on it's own.

[Solid as a rock]

SiMoNsAyS, on Jun 14 2004, 03:24 PM, said:

you have the answer simply delete that registry keys, the main .exe file and the .dat file.

SolidasRock, on Jun 9 2004, 05:01 AM, said:

Bâshrat the Sneaky, on Jun 5 2004, 03:16 AM, said:

  Solution: add EXIT to the end of the CMD... (Wasn't that the obvious?)

i really dont understand. i have try this a few time, but after this i never can open a divx movie.....

I put the files (not folder) into \$OEM$\$$\System32 then i put the "codecs.reg" and "codecs.cmd" into \$OEM$\$1\install

so i must copy all the files but not the cmd and reg ones right in system32??

Then added the lines to my main .cmd of batch file, in my case its main_batch.cmd
loaded from guirunonce in winnt.sif

[GuiRunOnce]
    Command0=%systemdrive%\install\main_batch.cmd
    Command1=%systemdrive%\install\codec.cmd

that is it? registering the codec.reg are already in codec.cmd in the last line?

CLS
copy *.* %systemroot%\system32

regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\ac3filter.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\CLLine21.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\CLNAVX.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\CLVSD.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\divxdec.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\xvid.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\mpeg2dmx.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\mpgaudio.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\mpgdec.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\CoreVorbis.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\l3codecx.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\iac25_32.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\Ivfsrc.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\vp6dec.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\ir41_32.ax
regsvr32 /s %systemroot%\system32\OggDS.dll

REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\codec.reg
exit

THIS is the question simonsays....

[devilrunner]

Congrats on the codec pack, it's really a fine job you did.

You inspired me to start learning about codecs and how they work so I could maybe one day make my own codec pack.
I am however getting very disorientated.
I am seeing codecs in the .ax, .acm and .dll file format.
As I analyzed your project and saw you included all these different formats.
When I looked closer I saw you didn't install or register any acm files with the computer but that they are in the folder.What is the use of this?

In general I would like to know what the difference is between ACM | AX and DLL codec files.
Which are best and which have encode, decode, play capabilities or don't have any of these.

I hope you or a forum user can help me on this?,
There seems to be very little information about this on the net.