[ZileXa]

all the original developers of Winamp have left AOL, in november '04, but AOL will still continu to support Winamp, this means new features won't be added but bugs will be fixed!

BTW Alanoll, if I use this regtweak, Winamp will be associated with Autoplay AudioCDs, no need for the user to check the checkbox
perhaps it is an idea for the msi? it's not really neccessary, cos everyone who wants it can add this line to his regtweaks.reg file:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\AudioCD\shell\play\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Winamp\\winamp.exe\" %1"
"Winamp_Back"="\"C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe\" /prefetch:3 /device:AudioCD \"%L\""

Also, I now know how to remove items in the popup window that appears when you insert a CD, asking you wich program to launch... If you don't use WMP for instance, you can remove it so that for example Winamp is the only choice you can make when you insert an AudioCD if someone is interested I'll put them here but it is perhaps bit offtopic here

[Thauzar]

Now there is a 5.08c FINAL release of winamp, I don't know if you are tired allanoll but they are surely testing your patience with all those constant winamp releases. But I guess this time it is final, I hope. Do you plan on redoing the msi or do you say f*ck off?

[midiboy]

Hi Alanoll (or others)

I am trying desperately to use a relativ path for the winamp.ini but it does not work not matter what I try.

The msi and the winamp.ini are in the same directory and my batch file should look something like this:

start /wait .\Winamp.msi /qb ini=".\winamp.ini"

Winamp.msi is found but the winamp.ini file isn´t found by the msi. I tried all kinds of combinations like ini =winamp.ini, ini=\winamp.ini, ini=.\winamp.ini, etc. etc. but nothing works.

Why do we have to use absolute paths here ? The problem with absolute paths is that I have to adapt the batch file calling it depending on where the folder is ( my harddisk, CD etc.) and I would really like to avoid this.

I did a search for "relative paths" on this forum but nothing really useful came up. I did come up with a post from you where you used a variable called %SETUPDIR% but it did not work here.

There must be a solution to tell the msi where the ini is using relativ paths, no ?

Please help !
Thanks,
Alex

[a06lp]

this is what i use and it works perfectly:

msiexec.exe /qb /i %cdrom%\\Applications\\Winamp\\Winamp508.msi INI="%cdrom%\\Applications\\Winamp\\winamp508.ini"

[midiboy]

Quote

msiexec.exe /qb /i %cdrom%\\Applications\\Winamp\\Winamp508.msi INI="%cdrom%\\Applications\\Winamp\\winamp508.ini"

Hi a06lp,

in what way does this use relative paths ?

Bye,
Alex

[Alanoll]

@midiboy
here's the problem, currently...the way the MSI is working it needs the absolute path to know where to copy from. However, what I'm unsure of is why the command prompt isn't interpreting it....

What you could try instead, is %CD%. That will get the current directory, so it SHOULD work, not sure. Make take some testing to find the %CD% for where you execute the CMD file.

[midiboy]

Hi!

Thanks, Alanoll for your quick help ! It took me a while to test this but it does indeed work !!! You are a genius !!

Is this a universal variable or only available for your msi ? Because I searched for something like this and could not find anything like it, the set command does not reveal that variable either.

If that were a universal variable available systemwide that would be wonderful !

Thanks,
Alex

[a06lp]

Alanoll, on Jan 13 2005, 12:10 PM, said:

What you could try instead, is %CD%. That will get the current directory, so it SHOULD work, not sure. Make take some testing to find the %CD% for where you execute the CMD file.

see, midiboy?
that's what i said.
see my post: %CDROM% !!!

[midiboy]

Hey a06lp !



This is just a wild guess but %CDROM% is not the same as %CD% !



Do you know what a relative path is ? Your %CDROM% is a variable used to determine the CD drive your are installing from, right ?





Bye,
Alex

[Gagorian]

Indeed. %CD% stands for current directory, and yes it's an universal "environmental variable". It can be used in cmd files for example.

[Alanoll]

Gagorian, on Jan 14 2005, 10:33 PM, said:

Indeed. %CD% stands for current directory, and yes it's an universal "environmental variable". It can be used in cmd files for example.

it's not completely universal. I wouldn't try it from WPI or XPLODE or WIHU.

It's only instantiated with a CMD prompt is opened. That's why you couldn't find it. If you want the other "hidden" variables.. type

set /?

And key pressing a key till the very end. It will show a few others at the end of the explanation

[midiboy]

Thanks guys,

I didn´t know about those variables yet (although I did use the %errorlevel% in a batch file once ..

Thanks,
Alex

[ZileXa]

I have a problem...

I cannot burn cds... it says, when I click burn, in the playlist section of Library:
(no burners found)

Also, when I click (in Library) View>Devices I don't see any cddrives... but this list:
Now Playing
Local Media
Playlist
Streaming media
Recent Items
Bookmarks

wich are the categories of Media Library... I've read somewhere it had to do with sp2???
does anyone now how to solve this?

[a06lp]

@Alanoll:

Did you ever make the MSI for Winamp 5.08c (10th Jan 2005)?

[Alanoll]

a06lp, on Jan 19 2005, 08:05 AM, said:

@Alanoll:

Did you ever make the MSI for Winamp 5.08c (10th Jan 2005)?

No. It will be done after I'm done with the site. Sorry, but I really wanna finish the site. The MSI should take too long however, so yeah....

[a06lp]

Np, looking forward to the new site!

[cardguy1000]

Hey guys, for some reason I am unable to have the icons installed when installing silently. My INI file is shown below, although I've tried many different combinations including the non INI method. What I would like to do is have the desktop icon, quick launch icon, and start menu icon installed. I've tried using the XALLSHORT=1 option, as well as just the independent XDesktop=1, XQuickLaunch=1, and XStartmenu=1 all within both the INI also have tried the immediatly following the start /wait Winamp5.0.8.msi /qb. No matter if the options are there or not NO icons are installed, the program installs fine to my %programfiles%\winamp directory and can be run, with all the registration info set in INI being issued, but no Icons in start menu, desktop, or quicklaunch. Whenver installed without /qb or /qn but rather manually it installs icons peferctly. Could someone please help.

[SETUP]
XMODERNSKIN=1
XALLSHORT=1
XFULL=1
XNAME=Winamper
XKEY=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

[Dobby]

Hi Alanoll,

I've just tested the installer and it appears you've left the CVS folders in 'skins\Winamp Modern'.

Also it doesn't remove the Cockos plugins but this appears to be a problem with the NullSoft installer as well.

[Dobby]

Ooh, Ooh, I like it!!

Don't know if this has already been mentioned but I just tested a silent install with the following options:

msiexec /i Winamp.msi /qb Xfull=1 XDesktop=0

...but I'd removed the Agent.cab file. Everything else seems to have been installed correctly. I love this feature. It means:

a) you can reduce the size of the package by removing parts you don't want
not need a complicated commandline/ini file

Nice work Alanoll

[Alanoll]

OriginalSinner, on Jan 25 2005, 02:14 AM, said:

Hi Alanoll,

I've just tested the installer and it appears you've left the CVS folders in 'skins\Winamp Modern'.

Also it doesn't remove the Cockos plugins but this appears to be a problem with the NullSoft installer as well.

wha?
Cockos plugin?

The CVS folder was included in the last EXE i obtained from Winamp when I updated the MSI last, and I recreate the installer, no customizing of files (which is why when someone requested I change the CDRIPPER i think, I didn't). I'm just replacing the SETUP routine, nothing more.

As for the removing of the CAB files, to be quite on honest, I wasn't sure how that would work I knew that if you didn't select them to be installed it'd be fine, but I would have though the installer would have prompted you for missing CABs if it needed em.