Vorbis - Aug 2008 - 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

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

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.