Hi,
I'd like to synchronize the installation of the WindowsMedia codecs of a
machine with Windows Server 2003 R2 with the installation on our WindowsXP
Professional machines with WindowsMediaPlayer 11. What do I have to install
on the server and where do I find it? I already searched all over the web and
the Microsoft pages and couldn't find anything - only some link to a beta
download which is dead now
(http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...96/wvc1dmo.exe).
Best regards,
Stefanie
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From: "Stefanie Mehl"
[Quoted Text] > I'd like to synchronize the installation of the > WindowsMedia codecs of a machine with Windows Server 2003 > R2 with the installation on our WindowsXP Professional > machines with WindowsMediaPlayer 11. What do I have to > install on the server and where do I find it? I already > searched all over the web and the Microsoft pages and > couldn't find anything - only some link to a beta > download which is dead now > ( http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...96/wvc1dmo.exe).
If you have WMP11, you already have the latest WindowsMedia
runtime, including the codecs.
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// Alessandro Angeli
// MVP :: DirectShow / MediaFoundation
// mvpnews at riseoftheants dot com
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Hi Alessandro,
this is correct, but I have only WindowsMediaPlayer 11 for the WindowsXP
machines. I searched for an installation package for Windows Server 2003 but
I couldn't find any.
Best regards,
Stefanie
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From: "Stefanie Mehl"
[Quoted Text] > this is correct, but I have only WindowsMediaPlayer 11
> for the WindowsXP machines. I searched for an
> installation package for Windows Server 2003 but I
> couldn't find any.
I don't think WinServer is supported by WMP11. If you
download the WindowsMediaFormat SDK 11 and either uncompress
or install it somewhere, in the installation directory you
can can find the redist setup you can use to install the
updated runtime. I am not sure whether this redist will
refuse to work on Win2K3, but you can try.
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// Alessandro Angeli
// MVP :: DirectShow / MediaFoundation
// mvpnews at riseoftheants dot com
// http://www.riseoftheants.com/mmx/faq.htm
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"Alessandro Angeli" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > I don't think WinServer is supported by WMP11. If you
> download the WindowsMediaFormat SDK 11 and either uncompress
> or install it somewhere, in the installation directory you
> can can find the redist setup you can use to install the
> updated runtime. I am not sure whether this redist will
> refuse to work on Win2K3, but you can try.
Unfortunately that didn't work. The installation ran without an error
message but still the codec configuration seems to be different. It looks
like Windows Media Audio 10 Professional is missing.
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From: "Stefanie Mehl"
[Quoted Text] > Unfortunately that didn't work. The installation ran
> without an error message but still the codec
> configuration seems to be different. It looks like
> Windows Media Audio 10 Professional is missing.
What's the version of "%WinDir%\system32\wmadmoe.dll"?
Download GraphEdit (it's in the Windows/Platform SDK) and
look at Graph -> Insert Filters -> Audio Compressors, do you
see the WMAudio Encoder DMO?
What happens if you execute "regsvr32 wmadmoe.dll"?
Do you see the WMAP9.x encoder?
What happens if you try to install the WMF9.5 runtime (the
redist is in the WMF SDK 9.5)?
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// Alessandro Angeli
// MVP :: DirectShow / MediaFoundation
// mvpnews at riseoftheants dot com
// http://www.riseoftheants.com/mmx/faq.htm
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"Alessandro Angeli" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > What's the version of "%WinDir%\system32\wmadmoe.dll"?
The version is 10.0.0.3997 on Windows Server 2003 in comparison to
11.0.5721.5145 on the XP System.
> Download GraphEdit (it's in the Windows/Platform SDK) and
> look at Graph -> Insert Filters -> Audio Compressors, do you
> see the WMAudio Encoder DMO?
yes, I can see that.
>
> What happens if you execute "regsvr32 wmadmoe.dll"?
It says that it registered succesfully but the codec is still not available.
> Do you see the WMAP9.x encoder?
No, but maybe I'm not looking at the right place - because I don't see it on
the XP System either.
> What happens if you try to install the WMF9.5 runtime (the
> redist is in the WMF SDK 9.5)?
The one I can get my hands on says that it can only be installed on a
Windows XP system. If there is one for Windows Server 2003, I didn't find it.
Thanks for your quick replies, Alessandro!
Best regards,
Stefanie
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From: "Stefanie Mehl"
[Quoted Text] >> Do you see the WMAP9.x encoder?
>
> No, but maybe I'm not looking at the right place -
> because I don't see it on the XP System either.
Where are you looking at?
If you have WindowsMediaEncoder9, run the WMProfileEditor
utility and check what WM audio codecs are available on both
systems.
> Thanks for your quick replies, Alessandro!
You're welcome. At the moment I don't have an 2K3 system to
use to try and repro the behavior you see, but I'll get my
hands on one and see what happens.
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// Alessandro Angeli
// MVP :: DirectShow / MediaFoundation
// mvpnews at riseoftheants dot com
// http://www.riseoftheants.com/mmx/faq.htm
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"Alessandro Angeli" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > From: "Stefanie Mehl"
>
> >> Do you see the WMAP9.x encoder?
> >
> > No, but maybe I'm not looking at the right place -
> > because I don't see it on the XP System either.
>
> Where are you looking at?
>
> If you have WindowsMediaEncoder9, run the WMProfileEditor
> utility and check what WM audio codecs are available on both
> systems.
On Windows Server 2003 there are the following codecs (for Audio):
Windows Media Audio 9.1
ACELP.net
Windows Media Audio 9 Voice
Windows Media Audio 9.1 Professional
None (PCM)
While on xp there are the following codecs:
Windows Media Audio 9.2
ACELP.net
Windows Media Audio 9 Voice
Windows Media Audio 10 Professional
None (PCM)
I think it's strange that there seems to be no way to get these codecs for
Windows Server 2003, are they so very exotic that no one uses them? I need
them for unit tests which run on xp but don't on Windows Server 2003 and of
course the software that is tested uses them as well...
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From: "Stefanie Mehl"
[Quoted Text] > I think it's strange that there seems to be no way to get
> these codecs for Windows Server 2003, are they so very
> exotic that no one uses them? I need them for unit tests
> which run on xp but don't on Windows Server 2003 and of
> course the software that is tested uses them as well...
The following procedure will allow you to install WMF11 on
NT5.2/Win32. <DISCLAIMER>However it's unsupported and you
will be performing it at YOUR OWN risk of permanently
destroying the WMF runtime on your system</DISCLAIMER>:
1. uncompress
"<WMFSDK11>\Redist\WMFDist11-WindowsXP-X86-ENU.exe" using
WinRAR or 7-Zip
2. uncompress "wmfdist11.exe"
3. right-click on "update\update.exe" and, in the
Compatibility tab, enable "Run this program in compatibility
mode for" and select "Windows XP"
4. execute "update\update.exe"
I am not sure whether the WMF11 runtime is supposed to run
on NT5.2 or not, after all WME9 is supported on NT5.2 and
the "control.xml" includes NT5.2 in the range of supported
OSes but "update\update.inf" only includes NT5.1.
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// Alessandro Angeli
// MVP :: DirectShow / MediaFoundation
// mvpnews at riseoftheants dot com
// http://www.riseoftheants.com/mmx/faq.htm
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Thank you Angelo,
it worked the way you described it. So the problem is solved this way.
Still I'd like to leave the question open (in case someone knows) if it is
intended that Windows Server 2003 will ever have these codecs in an "official
way".
Best regards,
Stefanie
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On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:04:03 -0700, Stefanie Mehl wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Thank you Angelo,
I think he prefers Alessandro.
> it worked the way you described it. So the problem is solved this way.
> Still I'd like to leave the question open (in case someone knows) if it is
> intended that Windows Server 2003 will ever have these codecs in an "official
> way".
There has been a current trend at Microsoft to keep the server OS's as
clean as possible by limiting the infiltration of what is considered client
code. Codec's are really somewhere in the middle so I'm not sure what will
happen with these in the future. Evaluating the Longhorn/Server 2008
public beta is probably a good indicator.
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[MS MVP for DirectShow / MediaFoundation]
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