MeGUI - updating x264

[Octo-puss]

Anyone else having problem with MeGUI updating the x264.exe in such weird way the oldest file keeps being used, while the updated ones get new names and remain untouched?

also the updater is somewhat poor - if you delete files, it still doesn't download anything, saying you have latest version.

[Sharktooth]

usual question: megui version?
also there's an option to reinstall any specific update (right click).

[RunningSkittle]

it doesnt download the file because it already has it downloaded in the update cache.

[Sharktooth]

clear the update_cache dir in the megui folder then.

[Octo-puss]

usual question: megui version?
also there's an option to reinstall any specific update (right click).
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clear the update_cache dir in the megui folder then.
Didn't work. I tried that before and it still says I have some particular version of 264 even though there is no file present at all (both tools and update dirs).

[rack04]

usual question: megui version?
also there's an option to reinstall any specific update (right click).

I wasn't aware of the force update. Pretty handy function. Thanks.

[Octo-puss]

I wasn't aware of the force update. Pretty handy function. Thanks.

Same :)
But I am afraid it wouldn't do any good, as behavior described in first post. Must admit I'm too lazy at the moment to test it after 4 days of nonstop encoding, lol.

[puffpio]

i had a similar situation where the x264 executable's name changed during the course of time...
the problem was that although the autoupdated got the new filename, the configuration of paths still pointed to the old filename

[Octo-puss]

I call this something between bug and unwanted feature...
Couldn't it be changes so that meGUI checks what really is installed upon start or invoking the updater? The way it is now having your own files is a mess. I got 3.98 final version of lame installed for example. x264 I don't even need to talk about. Even after deleting the update cache folder the damn updater still reports the old files!

[Sharktooth]

it's not so easy. any tool will report its version in a different way.
we also excluded the dates coz they may create even more mess...

[Octo-puss]

Hmm, I don't understand how it works, but since each of the tools does have a version, obviously the key thing is to make the updater force the tools that are installed to report their version and then display it in the update window.

Oh wait, I might still be sleeping. Are you sayingthat what I propose doesn't work because you would have to add some code for version checking for pretty much each tool separately?

(but there still must be a list of what was initially downloaded somewhere)

[Sharktooth]

exactly, if we go that way every program/tool we use with megui will require specific code to catch the version and those methods may require updates coz the tools/proagrams coders may change (in future) the way to report the versions.
it's practically a PITA.