suggestion for 1.0 installers

[len0x]

It would be very nice for the end user to inform him that old xvid should be uninstalled if it was detected during installation of new 1.0. Practice shows that documentation has no effect on most of ppl, so its better not to give them opportunity to screw the installation :)

[crusty]

While on the subject, I would very much like to see that the installer could also be used in unattended mode.

With the correct install switches in the readme.

Please?
:D

[zwahri]

Originally posted by crusty
While on the subject, I would very much like to see that the installer could also be used in unattended mode.

With the correct install switches in the readme.
I 'd like to second that - ever since the installer changed I can't use XviD in my scripts (for full unattended Windows installation), so I'm stuck with RC1 for that purpose.

Thanks in advance :)

[Koepi]

what happens if you call the new installer with the /SILENT or /VERYSILENT option? :P

I'll look into the uninstall-issue and try to find an automated solution.

Regards
Koepi

[el divx]

Originally posted by Koepi
I'll look into the uninstall-issue and try to find an automated solution.

Well you could make it search for the uninstaller of Inno Setup(the one you're using currently) and the Nullsoft uninstaller(for gam3r's builds) and launch in silent mode.

[hellgauss]

@len0x
I have the same problem.... :)
Virtualdub crashes if xvid is instaled on old xvid version...

[len0x]

I think its quite easy to detect if old XviD was installed if you can find xvid.dll in system folder (new xvid uses new file names) within installer.

[zwahri]

Originally posted by Koepi
what happens if you call the new installer with the /SILENT or /VERYSILENT option? :P
That's nice - but is there a way to specify the target directory like that? The old installer used "/S /D=%Installpath%" for silent installation (*) into a custom directory, but it that isn't possible anymore since the installer changed. Any hints?

CU,

(*): OK, it never was 'really' silent, but during unattended 2k/XP installations you could leave the task running - the 'Codec installed successfully' Message was killed at reboot.

[Koepi]

/DIR=“x:\dirname”

Overrides the default directory name displayed on the Select Destination Directory wizard page. A fully qualified pathname must be specified.