Codec slipstreaming

[Tomcat76]

nLite? An old HFCLEANUP reducer?

HFSLIPWU.INF will "error out" if any of those are missing.

[Kiki Burgh]

uhm ... TC i'll try to experiment on new builds again ... just couldn't report as often as i used too ... my shift in the office has been very eratic lately ... ... i'm also thinking would it be better to just install XPize rather than force slipstream it via HFANSWER.ini as this would overwrite original windows files, right? (if only i'm not so bored with how XP shows the boot screen & some other icons ) ... btw, would there be a way via HFSLIP to replace the boot screen?

incidentally, i'm guessing there might some addons that are just made for nLite & does not work with HFAAO (i.e., Visual Styles Multi Pack 4 Windows XP & Folder Size ) ...

thanks!

EDIT: never mind that question ... i may have to bring it up in a different thread (or might start a new 1)

Edited July 31, 2006 by Kiki Burgh

[Tomcat76]

i'm also thinking would it be better to just install XPize rather than force slipstream it via HFANSWER.ini as this would overwrite original windows files, right?

You could try that to see if it fixes some problems you're having. XPize offers the option to ignore certain files if you install it via SVCPACK, I think.

incidentally, i'm guessing there might some addons that are just made for nLite & does not work with HFAAO (i.e., Visual Styles Multi Pack 4 Windows XP & Folder Size ) ...

Rapidshare again... I'm not gonna wait 42 minutes to get the Visual Styles file. But I could download Folder Size and I see a problem with it: it needs something to be run during GuiRunOnce, which HFSLIP doesn't support with application addons. This probably can't be fixed.

[Kiki Burgh]

thanks TC ... perhaps i might be safe to conclude that not all addon packs would work with HFSLIP ... specially those perhaps created for nLite: http://www.nliteos.com/addons/

btw, pardon me if this kinda deviates from the topic ... now to get back to the codecs ...

Edited August 1, 2006 by Kiki Burgh

[Shindo_Hikaru]

Has anyone heard of or uses the Cole2k pack.

http://www.cole2k.net

[tain]

That pack is neat but we focus on slipstreaming here. Our pack is based on these:

References:

• MSFN Codec Pack that I plagiarize frequently. Thanks to swgreed and Yzowl!
  
• CoRoNe's DirectShow Filter Pack which I plagiarize almost as frequently. Thanks CoRoNe!
  

[Kiki Burgh]

hi Tain! any comment on my erlier post about the GSPot test results? thanks!

[tain]

Hi Kiki

Thanks for the thorough reporting. Sorry for the delay; I was hoping that TC would find a good lead.

I am working a lot for the next week or so and I can't do codec testing while I am at work...but will be able investigate your results further after that.

[Kiki Burgh]

no rush sir ... actually showed last week that you'd be out for the week ... no rush ...

[tain]

I'm not really "out of the office," per se. It is just that I prefer to work on stuff like that when I know that I have a contiguous block of time in which I can sit down and work through whatever issues are sure to arise.

My peculiar train of thought works more efficiently that way

[tain]

@Kiki: Just for S&G, would you mind installing the MSFN Codec Pack? It is mostly the same as this pack but uses an INF installer. I'd be interested if intalling the codecs in that manner gives you different results.

[Kiki Burgh]

thanks Tain ... lett me try that ... all i'll do is drop this in HFSVCPACK ... i'll report back in

[tain]

Actually I'd like you to try installing that pack with your current installation to see if it fixes things.

But a fresh install will be interesting as well.

[Kiki Burgh]

ah ok ... i'll try that too

[Kiki Burgh]

hi Tain!

just a quick update ... i actually tried to just double-click codecs2.8 & it tried to over-write some files that were newer ... tried also in new build & files play great ... although please know that i haven't had the chance yet to fully test using GSpot ... so i would not want to jump to conclusions again