Murphy's Law

[BestRip]

Re: Murphy's Law

I think this is a golden opportunity to get people to recognize the vastness of dBpowerAMP, if handled right... since WMA is quite widespread. However I do not believe that people will start to read help files for this... they didn't before
I like the idea to have a linking function in dMC to the codec central for codecs that the user needs... somehow implemented. Don't get technical with me now... youv'e lost me already... :D
The comment earlier about it being difficult to find... I have to agree. I have trouble to find stuff and I have surfed these pages for a while... Not all the dAP users are computer freaks... many (and hopefully MANY more to come) are just plain music lovers... (like me)

[RossRoy]

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Maybe the installation itself could be online based, kind of like how Microsoft handles the IE install.

Download a small executable that check what is already installed on the computer and then connects to the dBpowerAmp server to check what's available, and then you just tick whatever you wish to install.

What's interesting is that it could also be used for automatic updating, easing the task of keeping everything up to date for computer neophytes.

[BestRip]

Re: Murphy's Law

Maybe the installation itself could be online based, kind of like how Microsoft handles the IE install.

Download a small executable that check what is already installed on the computer and then connects to the dBpowerAmp server to check what's available, and then you just tick whatever you wish to install.

What's interesting is that it could also be used for automatic updating, easing the task of keeping everything up to date for computer neophytes.

Fantastic idea: dBpowerAmp Update:D I wonder if Spoon can pull that one off? Hotter than... love it
It is one of the things Microsoft really has managed to make a great service minded twist on. How impressive it would be... definitely the first audio player to have that facility... or???

[Joseph]

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Come to think of it, that would be pretty cool. Having an Automatic update feature would come in handy.

include the option:

Download-

Final Releases only

or

Beta & Final Releases

[Spoons]

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The comment earlier about it being difficult to find... I have to agree. I have trouble to find stuff and I have surfed these pages for a while... Not all the dAP users are computer freaks... many (and hopefully MANY more to come) are just plain music lovers... (like me)

before the last server hack i made a forum for new members of dbpoweramp. i started to build a FAQ and Guide that newbies could follow. it also allowed for newbie questions and feel at home asking them.

i felt that was the only way to bridge the gap between first time internet users and or first time dbpoweramp users looking for all the parts, .. bringing them up to speed on how to navigate here and around dbpoweramp.

but i never got around to doing it again.

the install over the internet is a good idea but poses security risks which would need to be monitored and managed. i know mozilla has an online install feature as well. not sure how they do it though. i guess there are 2 sides to every coin because a lot of virus software products used to have online installers but now they don't because of the risks and extra management involved.

[Joseph]

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How about just an update check feature? Like spybot Search & Destroy, and other programs.

yes it was a quick update from 1.0 to 1.1

And it can be called "Quick Update" :D

[Spoon]

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Excellent idea.

[MasterOfPuppets]

In http://www.dbpoweramp.com/Version-Changes-DMC.htm, I see at the top 'smart on demand install of Codecs' (and also closer to the middle 'Smart Install of Certain codecs'). Does this have anything to do with the automatic install mentioned in this thread or am I misinterpreting that?

[Spoons]

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i'm not sure but i only discovered in dmc cd audio input there is an option to install a new codec which will then connect you to spoon's website to the correct codec page for download. i found it very intuitive.

[MasterOfPuppets]

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Just noticed it myself...definitely is a good step there.

[Spoon]

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It will also install Convert Tos on WMA, Flac, Monkeys, Ogg and Mp4 even if the codecs are not installed, then offer to install (by going to the right install web page) on first use.

[Joseph]

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Please don't forget to update www.download.com

[Spoon]

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In the process of.

[Joseph]

Idea

Another one of my crazy ideas:

An option to generate an Information report. So when you are helping users they can paste the information report on the forum to give you a better idea of what kind of configuration they have.

That would be a good tool in

This situation

And This One


The report would just generate a .txt file with the following kind of information:


OS:
Microsoft Windows XP
Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 1
?Version Information

dMC:
Release 10

Power Pack:
Release 3
Registered: Yes

dBpowerAMP CD Writer:
Not Installed

Sveta Portable Audio:
Release 4 (Beta 3)
Mpio Release 2
Removable Device Release 1

Auxiliary Input:
Release 4

File Selector
Release 4b


Installed Compression Codecs (Write)

AAC to Mp4:
[.mp4]

Avanced Audio Coding (CLI):
Release 4 [AACEnc v2][.aac]

FLAC:
Release 4 (using FLAC 1.1.0) [.flac]

Monkeys Audio:
Release 6 (Using Monkeys 3.97) [.ape]

Mp3 (Blade):
[.mp3]

Mp3 (Lame):
Lame Version 3.93.1 (Dibrom's Switches) [.mp3]

mp4 (CLI):
Release 1 [AACEnc v2][.m4a]

Mp4 to AAC:
[.aac]

MPEG Layer-3 [Xing x3enc]:
[.mp3]

MPIO FL100:
[]

Musepack mpc (CLI):
Rlease 3.1 [SV7 1.14][.mpc]

Ogg Vorbis:
Release 10 (Ogg v1.0)[.ogg]

Test Conversion (No Write):
[]

Wave:
[.wav]

Wavepack:
Release 1 (using wavepack 3.97) [.wv]

Windows Media Audio V9:
Release 1.3b [.wma]

Arrange Music:
[]

Reneame Extension:
[]


:smile2: Well tell me what you guys think!

[Spoons]

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i like that idea Joseph, it would be easy for a copy and paste to the forum then and we would have all the relivent information straight away.