[Diabolical82]

dead link appear with mine? or other apps?

[WhtKnight]

if you want to edit an msi you can use this handy little tool here

well worth a look i reckon

WhtKnight

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...kb;EN-US;255905

[Diabolical82]

Thanks for suggestion, however my ATI Decoder is not created with MSI but with InstallRite. I just tried uninstalling it myself it seem to be working, but I dont understand why it would appear dead? Well i'm stumped I'll try & see what I can do.

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

Thanks, works like a charm (never used before btw, let's see if it's good )

[n00b]

How did you get it to install? All mine does is spawn the ATI Cd checking utility until no end

[n00b]

Are the decoder files supposed to be in the common files folder?

I got it to silently install by using InstallShield X and modifying the installer, SO SWEET AND EASY

I run it like this for those interested:
msiexec /qb /i atidvd.msi reboot=reallysuppress

and there is a custom execution script that aborts the install when you try to install it silently, all I did was delete that .. and now it installs

EDIT: oops... cannot repair/modify/uninstall DANG

[Diabolical82]

great find, well keep it up and keep us post on your progress.

[nickxp]

fine,where can i get it?

[Diabolical82]

Google is your friend, http://www.vbxtras.c...tallshieldx.asp

I'm still working on it, until i find solution, but I'm afraid my hand is all tied up with college, and part-time job.

[polymorphean]

Run the Setup.exe that the Decoder downloads with:

/z-wF:\

as the commandline/switch where F: is the location of the CD. This is the command that the Install button sends...

When I monitored file access it accesses the following files:
***\BIN\aticdfp.sys -I imagine fp is FingerPrint/FolderProperties/Etc and shows where the folders/files are. I tried tricking the installer by making empty folder structures, but it didn't work...it did however work with the Setup.exe that is downloaded and only needs to see one other file.
***\install\DVDDcdr\DVDDcdr.dat

So create a folder...say C:\FakeCD

and under it have the following folders:
\BIN\
\install\DVDDcdr\

In \BIN\ put aticdfp.sys and in \install\DVDDcdr\ put DVDDcdr.dat

Now run Setup.exe /z-wC:\FakeCD

That's pretty much it, and about as far as I'd go since this still requires an original CD to copy the files from and get the Decoder downloaded...and since ATI is awesome I don't want to tick them off by giving away any more secrets. Repackaging the Decoder may make them mad since they put so much effort in hiding it, and could get a lawsuit slapped on you. Gotta be careful these days.

[Diabolical82]

Lawsuit gwahahaha.

I guess you're paranoid, but that's cool. ATI should've made it easier, but why bother creating installer that cost arm and leg just to prevent anyone trying silent install? Maybe it's time for ATI to quit making our life a living hell, otherwise I'll go back to nVidia, cuz it's much simplier.

Maybe you could sent them an email, and let them what I've been up to... and I wonder how they'll react?

[nickxp]

thanks,i mean where can i get atidvd.msi?

[polymorphean]

Someone just sent me an email saying they couldn't get my method to work. I've used it on like 4 different versions with no problems. They stated they are trying to use it as:
/z-wD:\software\applications\wpi\ati\decoder

I haven't had much luck with long paths in the command. You must remember this install is thinking it is pulling from a CD. I usually copy it to a folder right off the root of C: like C:\Decoder or something and it works fine. Also remember this doesn't work on the package you download...they put checks in there that this doesn't fool. You have to first have a valid CD and run the downloaded package to get the EXE file that installs it. This app also checks for a valid CD and can be fooled with my approach. Thus, I also cover my butt with ATI in that you need a valid CD to do it in the first place, then those of us with legit copies can run it in silent, etc after it is extracted/downloaded with the package.

[OCedHrt]

Was trying to play some HDTV 1920x1080 content on my computer and found that it just plain doesn't work too well. So went around looking for MPEG2 decoders and remembered, doesn't ATI have something like that for my BBA ATI 9800 Pro!? I bit the bullet and opened up my cd/manual package that was still in shrinkwrap , popped that in, got the update utility from ATI's website, and proceeded to figure out how to install it without the CD.

I'm going to post the link to the setup program that the update utility downloads because you still need the cd to run the setup program, so I think it's okay. Plus their link is so simple I don't think they really care about hiding it.

Link to setup.exe : http://www2.ati.com/drivers/setup.exe

As posted earlier, the setup program checks for the files \BIN\aticdfp.sys and \Install\DVDDcdr\DVDDcdr.dat. Simply copy these files and run setup with the right parameters, right? Well, aticdfp.sys is 108MB! Now comes the fun part:

1. Open up command prompt.
2. Change directory to the place where your copy of aticdfp.sys is. (NOT ON CD)
3. Run: fsutil sparse setflag aticdfp.sys.
4. Run: fsutil sparse setrange aticdfp.sys 4096 38067485.
5. Run: fsutil sparse setrange aticdfp.sys 38117149 76139699.

Now it's only using 192kb! Use your favorite compression program (HINT HINT: NOT WINZIP) that supports sparse (bzip, rar?) or is atleast smart enough to notice it's 99.999999999% 0's (rar, 7zip).

Note: You could probably put tighter boundaries on the sparse ranges but sparse segments comes in 64kb blocks, so it doesn't really matter.

Also, a note about the long paths, I have spaces in mine, but I use quotes and it works. I wrote a simple batch file like the following:

cmdow @ /HID
@ECHO OFF

SET CWD=%CD%
setup.exe /z-w"%CWD%"

I'm not sure if you can call a batch file from 7z's sfx script, if someone tries/knows LMK.

A little update: With the ATI DVD Decoder (Cyberlink with Hardware Acceleration), I can play the 1920x1080 HDTV content only using 40-50% cpu, vs 10fps at 100% cpu with ffdshow or 15fps with dscaler!

This post has been edited by OCedHrt: 01 December 2005 - 04:51 AM

[tommy_vercetti]

Hi,

Went to this thread and pulled out my old driver cd and installed the ATI decoder, it's pretty good compared to all the commercial bloated ones, Tried the one compiled by the other guy works but the decoder is installed, but just not functional. If Anyone can help me with the .msi, I can see all the coponents it installs but just cannot create a setup file for it, cos it still keeps asking to run from setup. I running Installshield Pro 11.5 Trialware, not many days left for the trial to expire, so if anyone can help me


Thanks

[OCedHrt]

tommy_vercetti, on Dec 4 2005, 02:42 AM, said:

Hi,

Went to this thread and pulled out my old driver cd and installed the ATI decoder, it's pretty good compared to all the commercial bloated ones, Tried the one compiled by the other guy works but the decoder is installed, but just not functional. If Anyone can help me with the .msi, I can see all the coponents it installs but just cannot create a setup file for it, cos it still keeps asking to run from setup. I running Installshield Pro 11.5 Trialware, not many days left for the trial to expire, so if anyone can help me


Thanks

Use the batch code I have in my previous post. Save that in a .bat file in the same directory as the msi/setup. You still need to use setup.exe (the one mentioned in my above post).

Basically, actually do some reading and follow the instructions in my post

[tommy_vercetti]

Im sorry you did not get me, I paid for the ATi card I am allowed to use that product without frequent request for my now old cd, In the ATiDec.msi I can see all the modules, what I want is to reengineer it,I know that's wrong but still I paid for it. So I just need to make a setup.exe for the msi or make changes in the msi, tried doing that but was not able to do that properly, any help would be welcome.


P.S. If you think my views violates the MSFN forum rules pls close this post

This post has been edited by tommy_vercetti: 05 December 2005 - 04:43 AM

[edadat]

Polymorphean

Great tip for the setup.exe /z-w switches. All works for me. I have a Connect3D Radeon 9500 NP, and was a little disappointed to discover I couldn't install the ATI DVD Decoder, even tho I have the original CD - I'm guessing it was because I have an OEM version of the card.

Now I can make the most of the Adaptive de-interlacing that's built-in, primarily for experimenting with AVISynth stuff.

Anyway, I created my own little batch file to automate the process of installing from setup.exe.
Simply paste into notepad, save as a *.bat file and run from the same folder as setup.exe. I found that it didn't matter where you create your fakecd directory tree (can be many levels deep) and that you can spoof the files it looks for. I'd be interested to hear if this works for folks:

@ECHO OFF
setlocal enableextensions
pushd %CD%
mkdir fakecd\BIN
cd fakecd
SET schwing=%CD%
mkdir install\DVDDcdr
cd bin
echo fakefile > aticdfp.sys
cd ..\install\DVDDcdr
echo fakefile > DVDDcdr.dat
popd
start /WAIT Setup.exe /z-w"%schwing%"
IF EXIST fakecd rd /S /Q fakecd
endlocal

Regarding that stupid atiCDwiz.exe file that ATI tricked me into thinking is the actual installer, you can easily get round the CD check with a little tool called Enabler. Quite honestly, I don't know why they bother with such checks, when programs like Media Player Classic (with in-built filters) are freely available and the quality difference may be negligible, depending on your graphics card.

Anyway, for completeness, here's how I did it:

Simply insert any old CD, point it at that CD and click Next. Click ok when it say "Valid ATI CD not found". Then run enabler, double click on ATI CD Wizard Page 2 of 4, look for where it says &Next and right-click that, then left click Enable.

The enable button will no longer be greyed out, and you can progress to download setup.exe.

[tommy_vercetti]

Hi,

We have a lot of interesting people out here, anyways I want to rengineer the .msi and any guys with Installshield knowledge wanting to help out...

[nio]

Hi there!

I found very useful info here. I have a Radeon 9550 256MB AGP.
I have installed everything for the dvd decoder to work. I stuck in installing the ATI DVD Player, because it also asks for a cd-serial number, that the included-cd doesn't have!
I have Power DVD 6 Installed.

My question is...

How on Earth can i finally use the card's on board DVD Decoder????????
What are the needed settings???

I have installed Windows Media Encoder, Ati Media Center and everything exept from Ati DVD Player, but i've read that the Power DVD Player can also be used. But how?????

Thank you for your time!