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From: John Corliss on 13 Sep 2005 20:55 John Corliss wrote: > Fran wrote: >> John Corliss wrote: >>> >>> Subject says it all. Version is 3.3.(coda_v33.exe). Ctrl-Alt-Del is >>> only way to shut off install program. Codecs install it seems, but >>> the uninstall file fails to install correctly. Anybody else have that >>> problem? >> >> Are you sure you downloaded the file correctly? From what I remember, >> the server terminates download often, I usually got it the 2nd or the >> 3rd try. > > I redownloaded the file and it's the same size every time. I don't think > it would even run if it was a bad download. But thanks for asking. In fact, same MD5 checksums on the downloads. -- Regards from John Corliss My current killfile: aafuss, Chrissy Cruiser, Slowhand Hussein and others. No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware, PROmotionware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses or warez please.
From: H-Man on 14 Sep 2005 13:45 On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:45:35 -0700, John Corliss wrote: > H-Man wrote: >> On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:03:17 -0700, John Corliss wrote: >> >> >>>Subject says it all. Version is 3.3.(coda_v33.exe). Ctrl-Alt-Del is only >>>way to shut off install program. Codecs install it seems, but the >>>uninstall file fails to install correctly. Anybody else have that problem? >> >> >> I just downloaded it and the install went fine. I'm on XP SP2, maybe it's >> an XP thing. >> > > Yup, that's kinda what I was thinking. Install hung in '98 also. Near as I can tell, the NSIS installer is falling down after codec installation but before or during writing the uninstaller. I don't even get the option to uninstall via Control Panel. Looking in the Windows folder I find Un-Coda.exe as the uninstaller, but it has a file size of 0bytes and contains nothing.I'm not sure exactly whats going on. Have emailed the author to let him know of installer issue. -- HK
From: John Corliss on 15 Sep 2005 09:25 H-Man wrote: > John Corliss wrote: >> H-Man wrote: >>> John Corliss wrote: >>> >>>> Subject says it all. Version is 3.3.(coda_v33.exe). Ctrl-Alt-Del is only >>>> way to shut off install program. Codecs install it seems, but the >>>> uninstall file fails to install correctly. Anybody else have that problem? >>> >>> I just downloaded it and the install went fine. I'm on XP SP2, maybe it's >>> an XP thing. >> >> Yup, that's kinda what I was thinking. > > Install hung in '98 also. Near as I can tell, the NSIS installer is falling > down after codec installation but before or during writing the uninstaller. > I don't even get the option to uninstall via Control Panel. Looking in the > Windows folder I find Un-Coda.exe as the uninstaller, but it has a file > size of 0bytes and contains nothing.I'm not sure exactly whats going on. > Have emailed the author to let him know of installer issue. My observations exactly. And I too have emailed the author, but wonder if the CCP is still being updated. Thanks for responding. -- Regards from John Corliss My current killfile: aafuss, Chrissy Cruiser, Slowhand Hussein and others. No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware, PROmotionware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses or warez please.
From: Gene H. Chan on 16 Sep 2005 08:34 John Corliss <jcorliss(a)fake.invalid> wrote in news:11il9l81n89b48b(a)corp.supernews.com: > I'm now unable to take screen snapshots of a movie I'm viewing and > then save them as image files. What's weird is that I can take a > snapshot, and paste it into an image in any of my graphics programs, > but when I try to save the image and then later reopen it, all I get > is a field of > black. My guess is that this isn't a codec problem so much as it is > the result of installing some MS update which also altered DDE and-or > OLE. Microsoft does that kind of thing. > Somewhere along the way though, I did see an error message that > told > me I something like "the codec you are using doesn't allow doing a > screen print." > I experienced the same problem when I tried using Meazure to capture a freeze-frame from Windows Media Player. I pasted the picture into IrfanView successfully, but upon saving it to a file, I ended up, as you did, with an all-black picture. I eventually used WinDVD's "capture" facility to save the freeze-frame successfully to a file that resulted in a proper image. I'd be interested to learn what is causing this. My impression is that my initial procedure "used to work".
From: John Corliss on 16 Sep 2005 18:09
Gene H. Chan wrote: > John Corliss <jcorliss(a)fake.invalid> wrote in > news:11il9l81n89b48b(a)corp.supernews.com: > > >>I'm now unable to take screen snapshots of a movie I'm viewing and >>then save them as image files. What's weird is that I can take a >>snapshot, and paste it into an image in any of my graphics programs, >>but when I try to save the image and then later reopen it, all I get >>is a field of >> black. My guess is that this isn't a codec problem so much as it is >>the result of installing some MS update which also altered DDE and-or >>OLE. Microsoft does that kind of thing. >> Somewhere along the way though, I did see an error message that >> told >>me I something like "the codec you are using doesn't allow doing a >>screen print." >> > > > I experienced the same problem when I tried using Meazure to capture a > freeze-frame from Windows Media Player. I pasted the picture into > IrfanView successfully, but upon saving it to a file, I ended up, as you > did, with an all-black picture. I eventually used WinDVD's "capture" > facility to save the freeze-frame successfully to a file that resulted > in a proper image. > > I'd be interested to learn what is causing this. My impression is that > my initial procedure "used to work". Seems to me that I didn't have this problem before I installed the Microsoft MP9 codecs. -- Regards from John Corliss My current killfile: aafuss, Chrissy Cruiser, Slowhand Hussein and others. No adware, cdware, commercial software, crippleware, demoware, nagware, PROmotionware, shareware, spyware, time-limited software, trialware, viruses or warez please. |