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Non-C2k Issues => Legacy Networks => Topic started by: Kev on February 06, 2008, 03:10:44 PM

Title: Audacity
Post by: Kev on February 06, 2008, 03:10:44 PM

Have any of you guys installed Audacity on your legacy networks?
When you first install it and try to create an MP3 from a recording, it asks you
to download the lame.dll file and copy it to the windows/system directory.
once this is done once all works perfectly.
However, if i log on as anyone other than me (admin) it asks for the dll
every time and wont allow u to browse to the windows/system folder to
find it.
I know this is an access issue, and I have blocked most users from seeing
(as opposed to accessing) the HDUs, but I cant see why the software wont work
if i have already  gone through the proceedure of telling it (and thus the "all users"
part of the registry) where the dll file is.

any ideas?

Title: Re: Audacity
Post by: Si on February 06, 2008, 03:28:36 PM

I have Audacity installed on the c2k machines here.  I found that some machines worked ok for people and some required the lame.dll

I know you can put the lame.dll anywhere so if you could put it in learning resources or your intranet, you could get everyone to download it and point audacity to it afterwards.  Maybe :)

Title: Re: Audacity
Post by: Bill Bixby on January 27, 2009, 05:03:41 PM

Ever find a way round this?  I've come up against the same proble, tried putting it in the W: shared documents drive (the only other the kids can see) but no joy.

Title: Re: Audacity
Post by: Si on January 28, 2009, 09:27:42 AM

Bill, the learning resources way does work!
 
Get the users to path to the lame.dll file and copy it into their my documents. Then start Audacity and export your project as a mp3. That way is probably the handiest of all. 

Title: Re: Audacity
Post by: Stephen on January 28, 2009, 09:32:58 AM

Go to a command window (run cmd) and type path to see what the path declaration is. Any of those areas should do as long as students are assigned the same path.

I see c:\windows and c:\windows\system32 are listed so you could try copying it into any of these 2 areas.

I think!

Title: Re: Audacity
Post by: Ray on May 15, 2009, 09:23:23 AM

Hi, I see Audacity is now available as a package for allocation, dont know if the MP3 thing works on it yet, havent had time to test it, will let you know.

Title: Re: Audacity
Post by: Ray on May 15, 2009, 12:46:57 PM

Tested it out on one machine and the MP3 thing seems to work, the funny thing is though in management console there is no program set for audacity, I had to create one, except for that all seems to be working OK.
If you have to create a program set aswell, the program installs to :
 
C:\Program Files\Sourceforge\Audacity\

Title: Re: Audacity
Post by: dfinney on May 15, 2009, 01:30:49 PM

for legacy you have to use a login script (VB) to tell it were to put the lame.dll in the reg for the current user.

Title: Re: Audacity
Post by: saywhat on June 17, 2009, 01:11:16 PM

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Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.RegWrite "HKCU\Software\Audacity\Audacity\MP3\MP3LibPath", "c:\lame_enc.dll", "REG_EXPAND_SZ"

Try popping that in your users login script. Its VBS to add the path to the lame_enc.dll to each users registry at login.