One click for package codec and plugins

2013-11-10 14:31:19

Hello.
Foobar is the best player in the world.
Would be awesome if you make and executable for all codecs and plugins.Something like 1 in one click.Like k lite update.
You understand what i have talking about here.
Thanks

One click for package codec and plugins

Reply #1 – 2013-11-10 15:32:11

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In my opinion, not necessarily representative of Peter and co., this is a prohibitively broad category. Including everything is not feasible. So a subset would have to be chosen. And who should decide what gets included? How can they please everyone? Some user will always object that some plugin they like was missing.

More to the point, if we talk about codecs, for reasons of patents and such, many cannot be redistributed with the installer and must be supplied by the user.

Anyway, 0.8.3 had a Special version that included all first-party components at the time, but that was discontinued, presumably for a good reason.

One click for package codec and plugins

Reply #2 – 2013-11-10 16:07:15

Nothing stops a third party from collecting all the encoder executables (license permitting) or deploying scripts or link sets for obtaining such a thing in a semi-automatic way from the vendors.

As for components, unless you're a wanker, you better secure the explicit permission of the component author if you're compiling a "best of" collection of input components. Note that it's in all ways VERBOTEN to modify the installer or otherwise redistribute foobar2000 itself.

One click for package codec and plugins

Reply #3 – 2013-11-10 17:46:20

I think I have better explanations why it is impossible:
1st - everybody can produce new plugin, each day new one. No one controls this process, there's no necessity of registering your plugin anywhere - so no one knows entire list of plugins available on the net
2nd - even those already created aren't all recognized here
3rd - lots of those plugins are unstable, even some very original ones (like BPM plugin for example) - they are causing repeated crashes - I wouldn't be happy to see "all in one distribution" full of unstable plugs
4th - some functionalities are covered by more than one plugin. Who will decide which one is better?

In such situation you should create your own .zip file, updated from time to time and this will allow you to make installation more automatic. On your own and maybe your friends PCs.

One click for package codec and plugins

Reply #4 – 2013-11-10 20:50:56

One question, why would anyone want to install all plugins and encoders if the one does not need or use those? K-Lite is good codec pack that people missuse and create bloat on their systems for no reason.

One click for package codec and plugins

Reply #5 – 2013-11-18 21:04:36

YOu shouldn't use K-Lite anyway, CCCP is better in every way.

One click for package codec and plugins

Reply #6 – 2013-11-18 21:44:22

K-Lite or CCCP don't mean anything with foobar2000 (if you're still talking about foobar2000). foobar2000 needs its own encoders and decoders. Search through the components (http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?ti...2000:Components) and install the ones you need.