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Sugeng Warso Enggal 2012!
Selamat Tahun Baru 2012! 

How to make PyGimp Portable

There are become more and more plugins being implemented in python right?
This was explained two years ago in my older post here
Here is the small patch (applicable for gimp-2.7.4 too)

After build Gimp, we need to adjust the following files
lib\gimp\2.0\environ\default.env :
add the following line and remove any existing PATH declaration
#add binpath in non hardecoded way
PATH=${gimp_plug_in_dir}/../../../bin
PATH=${gimp_plug_in_dir}/../../../python

lib\gimp\2.0\environ\pygimp.env (there should be a blank line in the end) :
; PYTHONPATH=${gimp_plug_in_dir}/python

OpenEXR with MinGW

I'm planning on updating my largest compile endeavor of err GTKGraphics Suite 2.0 however inkscape 0.49 seems take a bit more time (they are waiting for cairo 1.10.3?) obviously I'm reluctant to make inkscape 0.48.x build as it was the slowest before 0.49 (refactoring release). Then I'm thrilled that nip2 finally can directly open exr without crashing (no need to manually convert into .v image first).

However I wonder why openexr can't use pthreads under MinGW (note: I'm using pthread-win32 2.9) which I follow this build guide previously. Have a look at the following headers on IlmBase 1.0.1 (also in 1.0.2):
IlmThread.h, IlmThreadMutex.h, IlmThread and IlmThreadSemaphore.h

Clearly there is #ifdefs discrepancies..

FFMPEG with AoTuV win32 binary

Combining the best audio encoder: AoTuV (http://www.geocities.jp/aoyoume/aotuv/) and FFMPEG
With aotuv we can use low bitrates ~48-64Kbps ogg vorbis (still in good quailty, at least I could say 64K is similar to 128K VBR LAME) which is not available in regular libvorbis. It should beat Apple's AAC too.

Happy encoding!

Changelog:

Mar 4, 2012
Version 0.10 (for Core2 - i7 processor) build with MinGW-W64 GCC 4.6.2
ffmpeg-0.10.exe  6.87MB
optional:
frei0r video FX plugins
ladspa audio FX plugins
timidity GUS pats (for MIDI support, currently sounds weird)
jack-1.9.8
ffmpeg-0.10-docs (ffmpeg's command options are changed overtime, be sure read this first)
ffmpeg-0.10-dev-docs

configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-libgsm --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libvpx --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libtheora --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-libxavs --enable-libcelt --enable-libmodplug --enable-libutvideo --enable-zlib --enable-bzlib --enable-avisynth --enable-libass --enable-libfreetype --enable-frei0r --enable-ladspa --enable-libsox --enable-libflite --enable-libcdio --enable-openal --enable-gnutls --enable-librtmp --enable-pthreads --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-small --disable-debug --disable-outdevs --disable-encoder='vorbis,aac' --disable-decoder='amrnb,dirac,gsm,gsm_ms,vp8'

- merged with sastes-ffmpeg
- enabling: ladspa, sox, jack (using static libjack) and flite
- force ffmpeg to accept negative value (quality), previously ffmpeg will reset (sorry)
- porting hundreds of ladspa plugins
- build experimental jack-1.9.8 for win32
- shrink frei0r plugins size by using gcc 3.4
- bundling timidity gravis GUS

Feb 10, 2012
Version 0.10 (for Core2 - i7 processor) build with MinGW-W64 GCC 4.6.2
This installer will extract ffmpeg.exe ffplay.exe and ffprobe.exe then create console-less version of the three with "w" suffix and then compress the executables with UPX. All in one go

Dec 20, 2011
Version 0.9 (for Core2 - i7 processor) build with MinGW32 GCC 4.6.2
ffmpeg with jackaudio and openal 1.1 input support (untested, explicitly require them to be installed):

configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-zlib --enable-bzlib --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-libgsm --enable-libtheora --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex --enable-libcelt --enable-libxavs --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libutvideo --enable-libmodplug --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libass --enable-avisynth --enable-libfreetype --enable-frei0r --enable-openal --enable-libcdio --enable-librtmp --enable-gnutls --enable-runtime-cpudetect --enable-small --enable-pthreads --disable-w32threads --disable-debug --disable-outdevs --disable-encoder='vorbis,aac,jpeg2000' --disable-decoder='gsm,gsm_ms,vp8,dirac,jpeg2000,amrnb,amrwb' --extra-libs='-ldl -lstdc++' --prefix=/local/ffmpeg

avconv_nostd.exe
 3.88 MB
avconvw_nostd.exe 3.88 MB
ffmpeg_nostd.exe 3.89 MB
ffmpegw_nostd.exe 3.89 MB
ffmpeg.exe 3.89 MB
ffmpegw.exe 3.89 MB
avconv.exe 3.88 MB
avconvw.exe 3.88 MB
ffplay.exe 2.64 MB
ffplayw.exe 2.74 MB
ffprobe.exe 2.21 MB
ffprobew.exe 2.21 MB
ffmpeg_shared.7z

Optional files
frei0r.7z 3.84 MB (place frei0r folder alongside ffmpeg executables)
ffmpeg_docs_presets.7z 9.00 MB
ffmpeg_deps.7z 3.31MB (static library and headers of ffmpeg dependencies in dwarf2 mingw32 binary, for rebuild/updating ffmpeg)

Notes:
- I'm aware that due to intense UPX packing, some incompetent heuristic AV might report them as virus but I don't care...
- Executables with 'w' suffix means it wont show console dialog (mute), they maybe useful in some circumstance. Redirecting stdout to a file still works of course.
- I didn't go for performance when compiling so they might a bit slower but certainly smaller.
- GCC graphite auto-parallelism is enabled to most of external encoders. This may turn out good or bad
- Currently tested for usage with .mod, .ogg, .mp4(x264), mp3 and utvideo files.

Yuk ngenet carane wong kere?

Piye tjuk lagi bokek? ra duwe duit? namung pengen fesbukan? Halah! ndeso...

Yen jenengan waos berita sa'niki, ngertos mboten soal "curi pulsa" sing tekan milyaran iku?
Nah iki dudu ngajari ben jenengan koyo ngono tjuk, cuma rada memper utawa "cara aluse"

Sa'umpamane jenengan kere mende tapi duwe kompie lan saged ngragati 'nggo tumbas modem cdma lan kertu perdana sing 7000an, kan kuwi ora larang banget tho tjuk? paling 'ntek satusan ewu ra nganti rongatus... Lah saiki jenengan pikir yen duit sakmono iso nggo ngenet sak puas'e?

PyGTK 2.24.0 GTK+-2.24.8 AIO 64bit

Portable minimal 64bit PyGTK 2.24.0 with numpy (download the unoptimized one) support, without freetype, without libglade (don't confuse it with gtkbuilder) and without libffi. This one bundled with GTK+ 2.24.8 with new icons and cairo patch. Built using mingw-w64 gcc 4.6.2.

To install just extract to site-packages folder of python 2.6.x 64bit and you're ready to go.

pygtk-2.24.0-win64-AIO-minimal.7z

enjoy!

A call to MyPaint 64-bit users

Hi all,

This is my second attempt to port 64-bit MyPaint. There still a problem with either my tablet or 64-bit GTK that trigger startup crash (mypaint died when gdk load wintab32.dll)

Therefor I need your reports :-)
1. Whether pressure works or not, because no pressure = your tablet treated as mouse = no fun
2. Overall impression, how it compared to 32-bit version and such

Please mention your tablet name, thanks
download here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2554170/mypaint-1.0.0-win64.7z released : )

MSYS/MinGW Porting Kit

What I use to build most binaries here? MSYS+MinGW, yet I rarely post something specific about it...

Tonight I cleaned up my toolchains and dump everything into one kind of integrated package, a porting kit I would say. Formerly it just a small set of MSYS and TDM's GCC, slowly it grew up by adding some tools for packaging/deployment. Recently I even build my own GCC (i686-w64-mingw32 multilib) based on 4.6.2 version due to TDM's GCC multilib have default 64bit target which not so parallel with the spirit of 32-bitness of this blog fu fu fu... so I compile GCC multilib that do the opposite (32-bit by default and optionally targeting 64-bit). Furthermore as with  MinGW-W64 get matured but not fully compatible with MinGW32 I made alternate GCC mimicking official MinGW32 which migrated to dwarf2 based exceptions and switch between them as needed.

Cdrtools mingw binary

This is 32-bit cdrtools binary package, probably best known in Windows world for its mkisofs, the most widely used free ISO mastering software. Although its popularity in Linux world a bit declining due to license issue in version 3, that doesn't seems affect most of Windows users anyway : )

Note that I only tried mkisofs since its cdrecord a bit weirdo to my liking it maybe working too, I would burn the ISO using alcohol or Windows' built-in burning. The binary is statically linked a.k.a standalone executables so you can pick only what you need. And don't given up to its --help, it does takes time to understand all those command options : ) just be patient.

Binary complete package (including docs and patch)
download

If you want the Unix way of cdrtools go to http://www.student.tugraz.at/thomas.plank
If you want the Windows way look no further than http://cdrtfe.sourceforge.net

Brief instructions to build from sources

Extract using WinRAR (or anything that understand symlinks) or just use tar command line

apply patch

To compile type:
make all
*just ignore the spurious moans and warnings during compile, if you know what I mean :))

Modded GTK2_Prefs for portable apps

This is the stripped down  source (already autoconfigured) of gtk2_prefs originally by Alexander Shaduri which more suitable for portable GTK-based apps. Somehow I lose it and provide binary only previously,  now here is the modified source:

gtk2_prefs-0.4.1.7z

the reason why I do this
the unofficial binary