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Originally Posted by RevdKathy View Post
I tried Jaffa's complex method [...]
Gee, thanks. Spend lots of time on step-by-step instructions and this is the closest to a "thank you, but I couldn't quite follow them" :-/

[...] and got as far as "Unzip MPlayer-...-svn-30075.7z: put it in the directory created above" but the next bit was completely beyond me to understand how, where or what.
So, did you unzip the archive and put the files in C:\Program Files\tablet-encode?

Did you click on the link which I found which tries to explain how to change your PATH? Depending on your Windows version, it'll be something like:
  1. Open Control Panel > System
  2. Select the Advanced tab
  3. Click Environment Variables
  4. Under System Variables find the PATH entry.
  5. Click Edit
  6. At the start of it, add: C:\Program Files\tablet-encode;
  7. Click OK to close the edit dialogue.
  8. Click OK to close the Environment Variables dialogue.
  9. Click OK to close the System Properties dialogue.

This is the entirety of the actions required to complete step 6.

I wonder if you guys realise how incredibly simple things are when one is only used to working in windows. Click, install, play - it works. No command lines, no installing dependencies, no hunting for the right bits.
Have you ever tried getting a random exe to run on Windows?! ;-)

And, as I said, if someone helped me create an installer for tablet-encode on Windows, it would be that easy. But, to date, no-one's volunteered and I didn't think it was necessary:
  • There were pre-existing tools like Urho Konttori's MediaConverter which were installable.
  • No one asked.
  • I've got Cygwin installed and I don't need to follow step-by-step instructions, or use an installer, for my own code.

I resent the implication that I don't know that the steps are complex for someone inexperienced, BTW.
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