heath28m

3rd January 2007 00:39 UTC

Installer question
I know this may sound stupid I searched for an answer.. I ( today ) uploaded a compilation package of everything I liked up to 12.31.06..

Its all credited to all of the guys in here of course..

Thing was I submitted it as a RAR file.. and then thought 'Ya know I should be using an installer like all the other guys..'

Thing is I don't write programs and have never really had the need to learn this but would like to in case I need it like in this instance..

The rar file I submitted works great and includes 312 avs files.. You have to extract it to the avs folder in winamp..Total size is 18 MB after extraction..3.12 MB before

I just see it as a more user-friendly method of install..
As simple as it is there will always be that one time it doesn't work ya know.. so..

If you guys can help it would be cool

eheiney

3rd January 2007 00:47 UTC

I am assuming you would like an installer for your compilation. If this is the case then indeed there is a user-friendly installer: Pimpbot.

heath28m

3rd January 2007 00:51 UTC

Thank You sooo much!!!

:up:

eheiney

3rd January 2007 00:58 UTC

When you have compiled and uploaded this compilation please post it here. I would like to see it. :)

heath28m

3rd January 2007 01:17 UTC

I am not for sure if this is correct it worked so fast ..

here it is from my server to you both are included..

Private Compilation 2006 12.31.06 Avs Rar File

I selected alot of these and critiqued them all year then with the update and change for version 5.32 I had to make more adjustments..

Let me know what you think.. I believe I may have to clean it up once more.. It seems to have grabbed a file that was put in the avs folder which is an avs.. ( My fault ) and i need to redo the installer .. It is supposed to install one folder called Visualizations..So that they could all be referenced and ran randomly for hours..

I tested it running it for 48 on end with no glich.. so I have high hopes..

heath28m

3rd January 2007 01:18 UTC

I would like to add that yes the installer is incredibly user-friendly!!

heath28m

3rd January 2007 02:43 UTC

http://70.254.144.202:8086/out/untitled-1.bmp

The link has been updated.. I managed to get it the installer fixed however, I found a little error in the program itself..

I tried to upload a thumbnail into the installer, and also tried to use a wave file.. the wave file was huge .. so I removed it ( 38.5MB Dj Set cut :igor: ) I received an error with just trying to upload the image but instead of telling me the image was too large it kept saying that the Wave file was too large..Which at this point the installer had been restarted, and the wave file never entered..I used an old Icon for the file which worked great and hopefully I have the directory corrected now..:) So the link above is still good just updated ..It just makes me unsure..LOL

I would feel better off if I had a clean WinAMP installation on a computer and was testing it there..
:rolleyes:

heath28m

3rd January 2007 03:23 UTC

One more little issue..

The dir that I thought I have repaired, is not.

I selected the folder in which the presets reside in. However upon install they are all put directly into the avs folder instead of creating 'Visualization' folder.. this is great for getting better randomization.. but .. It may cause an issue with individuals who use individual folders to separate the various collections.. and I would prefer not to make a mess of someone's computer...without warning...easy for me to fix but the average computer user may find that extremely annoying to have three pages of AVS to choose from instead of being able to select a folder..I tried to select the previous folder hoping this would fix the problem but it did not, in fact like the first one I made it showed a size of 234 KB and actual required space which includes them all is like 12.8 MB or so..

Is there a way to work around this without me learning 'NSIS' scripting? Or is there an error with this installer...

I have it submitted ...

Confused..:weird:

Warrior of the Light

3rd January 2007 08:30 UTC

put your folder inside a temporary extra folder, i.e. create a new AVS folder (on your desktop perhaps).
Inside that folder, create the a new folder with your name, inside that folder a new folder with the name of your compilation. Copy your .avs files there, and your images and such to (your temporary) /avs

In PimpBot, select your temporary AVS folder and make it include subfolders.

When you're done, test your installer, then remove the temporary folder

If you've submitted it to winamp.com, there's been (or perhaps still are) some problems with the site, so it could take some weeks/months before it's up there..

heath28m

3rd January 2007 09:40 UTC

well as far as the site being whatever.. I am used to things not turning out so I won't be surprised..

I did get some cool brushes and make a cool banner ..though ... ya think?

Thanks for the advice..

Update ten minutes later..

this happened..

File: "avs\*.avs" -> no files found.
Usage: File [/nonfatal] [/a] ([/r] [/x filespec [...]] filespec [...] |
/oname=outfile one_file_only)
Error in script "C:\DOCUME~1\Owner\LOCALS~1\Temp\nsk216E.tmp\script.nsi" on line 223 -- aborting creation process

jheriko

3rd January 2007 12:58 UTC

Originally posted by Warrior of the Light

When you're done, test your installer, then remove the temporary folder

Warrior of the Light

3rd January 2007 13:04 UTC

heh, that's why I miss vhs-guri on this board (not really)

Originally posted by heath28m
File: "avs\*.avs" -> no files found.

JaVS_v2.5

3rd January 2007 14:30 UTC

Originally posted by heath28m
File: "avs\*.avs" -> no files found.

jheriko

3rd January 2007 15:37 UTC

You could always write your own install script if pimpbot is currently broken... the work involved is trivial, at least if you have the capacity to read and learn...

pimpbot is much easier though.

Yathosho

3rd January 2007 16:34 UTC

Originally posted by Warrior of the Light
you tell it to incluse subfolders?
this message sounds like you didn't.

heath28m

4th January 2007 00:32 UTC

PimpBot 3 Beta 4 works!!

The AVS Presets are now linked properly in the AVS Presets Forum..where it should be..

off the resubmit..

and I have no idea how to lock this thread..I cqnt even delet my posts..LOL

jheriko

4th January 2007 12:15 UTC

Don't worry about it. That is what we have moderators for...

heath28m

7th January 2007 12:39 UTC

Just tested and used the new PimpBot 3 Beta 6 and still pimp'n!!:up:

BTW just updated the Compilation Pack .. now includes 17 additional presets...

all links within the WinAmp forums are updated as well

Private Compilation 2006

Rovastar

8th January 2007 02:27 UTC

Originally posted by jheriko
Don't worry about it. That is what we have moderators for...

MaTTFURY

17th January 2007 23:38 UTC

err... why'd he get banned? by request?

DrO

18th January 2007 00:59 UTC

Originally posted by MaTTFURY
by request?