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Nevcairiel / LAVFilters

LAV Filters - Open-Source DirectShow Media Splitter and Decoders
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Questions regarding manual installation of LAVFilters #577

Closed Bamajon1974 closed 10 months ago

Bamajon1974 commented 10 months ago

I have some questions regarding the manual installation of the LAVFilters

  1. Do both the x64 and x86 LAVFilters need to be installed if one uses just 64-bit media players such as PotPlayer or MP-BCE?

  2. What is the best location to copy the LAVFilters? "C:\LAVFilters" ? "C:\Program FIles\LAVFilters"? Or in a user folder such as %AppData% or "ProgramData"? Or does it matter?

  3. Do the 64-bit files need to be installed in a "x64" subfolder, such as "C:\LAVFilters\x64" or can they be placed in the main install folder, such as "C:\LAVFilters" ?

  4. Do the files in the "include" directory need to be copied into the LAVFilters folder as well? Or can they be left out?

Thanks!

clsid2 commented 10 months ago

Manual install is stupid if you can't even answer such basic questions yourself.

Bamajon1974 commented 10 months ago

Not sure how much value the previous comment adds. Please don't be rude. I am asking for clarification and to make the installation instructions crystal clear.

Hrxn commented 10 months ago
  1. No, only x64 for x64
  2. Doesn't matter. As long as the path can be found and is accessible
  3. No, doesn't matter.
  4. Not sure, probably not. Try it.

But I concur with clsid2, why even do the manual installation in the first place?

Nevcairiel commented 10 months ago

The include folder is for developers, users don't need it. In any case, this is a bug tracker, not a questions forum, and your questions have been answered, so going to close this.

Bamajon1974 commented 10 months ago

Thank you!