eac3to and haali without installing

[jriker1]

I have an encoding PC that I install NOTHING if I can help it to keep it pristine. So basically if I can install something on my laptop, and just copy the files over to my encoding PC, I'll do that. I physically run an install on there as little as possible.

OK that aside. I have eac3to sitting in a folder and the other day went to use it against a file I had and it complained haali media splitter was missing. I have Haali installed on my laptop with it's dll's, and ax, file and some exe's. Is there somewhere I can place these files, like in the eac3to folder, where it will just pick it up without the install and work?

Thanks.

JR

[Guest]

I'm pretty sure it has to be properly registered as a DirectShow source filter in order to be usable by EAC3TO. But let's see what others with more experience have to say.

[Sparktank]

You can open a Command Window in the folder that contains everything Haali.
I, personally, have "Open Command Prompt here" enabled to work with Windows Explorer so I don't have to change directory all the time.

Use regsvr32 on the splitter.ax and then try running "eac3to -test -log=test_log.txt".
Haali should be working for eac3to.

EDIT: I would suggest using Codec Tweak Tool, but you haven't installed anything so CTT won't know what to look for since everything has been ninja'ed onto your encoding PC.
CTT needs codecs to be officially installed for it to know what to tweak/fix.

[jriker1]

Thanks for the replies. So guessing that's a no. Using regsvr will register Haali to my system and make it available to other tools. Was hoping like some decoders, eac3to could use it by just dropping it in the folder the eac3to executable was in.

JR


You can open a Command Window in the folder that contains everything Haali.
I, personally, have "Open Command Prompt here" enabled to work with Windows Explorer so I don't have to change directory all the time.

Use regsvr32 on the splitter.ax and then try running "eac3to -test -log=test_log.txt".
Haali should be working for eac3to.

EDIT: I would suggest using Codec Tweak Tool, but you haven't installed anything so CTT won't know what to look for since everything has been ninja'ed onto your encoding PC.
CTT needs codecs to be officially installed for it to know what to tweak/fix.

[`Orum]

One option might be to simply write a batch script for any time you use eac3to. Basically you would just regsvr32 on the splitter (as others have already described), run your eac3to command, and then unregister it before exiting the script. Yes, it will still be registered during the time eac3to is running, which can be quite a long time on large files, but there may be a way to work around that, such as using "start" to launch eac3to and then unregistering the splitter shortly after. Of course, this may also cause problems, as I've never tried it myself.