Alasdair King
2008-Aug-29 14:00 UTC
[Vorbis] Ogg Vorbis components and installation using Windows Installer
Hello all, I'm a developer in Assistive Technology for blind and other disabled people. I produce and distribute some Free software called WebbIE and the Accessibility suite: http://www.webbie.org.uk Working with blind people, I'm interested in low-cost technologies using audio. Ogg Vorbis is therefore of interest to me. I'd like to install the necessary components for Ogg Vorbis support through Windows Media Player, because I use WMP through Automation and COM to provide audio services. This installation needs to be in my main installer: my user base is best served by a single, simple installation file. I use Windows Installer (MSI files) for installation because of the need for corporate and network deployment and because I have a bunch of tools and experience in using Windows Installer. I'm not in a position to change this. So, where can I find the information I need to build Ogg Vorbis support into my Windows installer so I can make Windows Media Player play Ogg Vorbis and other media types? I can work on as little as "this file here, this registry key there" or instructions on how to disassemble the Ogg EXE installer beyond the payload of files (e.g. I need to also know where it is putting things and what it is doing with them, and any prerequisites). Apologies if this is all documented somewhere, but I've checked xiph.org and the wiki and couldn't find anything. Best wishes, Dr. Alasdair King WebbIE http://www.webbie.org.uk Skype Alasdairking alasdair at webbie.org.uk -- Alasdair King http://www.alasdairking.me.uk
Ralph Giles
2008-Aug-29 17:43 UTC
[Vorbis] Ogg Vorbis components and installation using Windows Installer
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 7:00 AM, Alasdair King <alasdairking at gmail.com> wrote:> So, where can I find the information I need to build Ogg Vorbis > support into my Windows installer so I can make Windows Media Player > play Ogg Vorbis and other media types?I don't know that the packaging process is documented, but there's a source package link at the bottom of http://xiph.org/dshow/ which may be helpful. Or you can check out the current code from the repository at http://svn.xiph.org/trunk/oggdsf/ Perhaps Cristian can comment further. -r
Cristian Adam
2008-Aug-30 17:53 UTC
[Vorbis] Ogg Vorbis components and installation using Windows Installer
Alasdair King wrote:> Hello all, > > I'm a developer in Assistive Technology for blind and other disabled > people. I produce and distribute some Free software called WebbIE and > the Accessibility suite: > http://www.webbie.org.uk > > Working with blind people, I'm interested in low-cost technologies > using audio. Ogg Vorbis is therefore of interest to me. > > I'd like to install the necessary components for Ogg Vorbis support > through Windows Media Player, because I use WMP through Automation and > COM to provide audio services. This installation needs to be in my > main installer: my user base is best served by a single, simple > installation file. > > I use Windows Installer (MSI files) for installation because of the > need for corporate and network deployment and because I have a bunch > of tools and experience in using Windows Installer. I'm not in a > position to change this. > > So, where can I find the information I need to build Ogg Vorbis > support into my Windows installer so I can make Windows Media Player > play Ogg Vorbis and other media types? I can work on as little as > "this file here, this registry key there" or instructions on how to > disassemble the Ogg EXE installer beyond the payload of files (e.g. I > need to also know where it is putting things and what it is doing with > them, and any prerequisites). Apologies if this is all documented > somewhere, but I've checked xiph.org and the wiki and couldn't find > anything. > > Best wishes, > Dr. Alasdair King > WebbIE > http://www.webbie.org.uk > Skype Alasdairking > alasdair at webbie.org.uk > >You can find out what the installer does by looking at the NSIS script here: http://svn.xiph.org/trunk/oggdsf/build/NSIS/Release/oggcodecs_release.nsi You can alternatively call the installer with the /S (silent) parameter and it will install everything without displaying a window. At the moment this works only with the SVN sources. The next release is due in a one week, with the /S parameter working. The /S parameter also work for the uninstaller. Cheers, Cristian.
Seemingly Similar Threads
- [Fwd: Re: Ogg Vorbis components and installation using Windows Installer]
- Windows installer
- [Windows Installer] Headerless install package?
- Strange segfaulting bug in Samba, has something to do with logleve.
- [nut-commits] svn commit r2940 - in branches/windows_port/scripts/Windows/Installer