Oh ffs. Just had a windows update right now, and I came back to test it "just cause" and everything works now! Computers, man, computers. Anyways thanks Tom I really appreciate your help.
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 6:31 AM, Cory de La Torre <gear....@gmail.com>wrote: > :(. Well it seems the only option I have is just doing an upgrade install > of Win7 (repair). And seeing if that works. I can't seem to find the dlls > anywhere on the dvd. > > > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 6:12 AM, Tom Edwards <cont...@steamreview.org>wrote: > >> The files are probably in C:\Windows\System32\Speech, but I've no idea >> really. >> >> The new extractor version wasn't meant to fix your problem BTW. ;-) >> >> >> On 14/12/2010 2:07, Cory de La Torre wrote: >> >>> Just dropped the new dlls in right now and still getting crashes. Gonna >>> try >>> looking through my Windows install now. >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Cory de La Torre<gear....@gmail.com >>> >wrote: >>> >>> Thanks tom, really appreciate it. I'll go looking for those files, >>>> though >>>> might you have any idea which folder they would be located in within the >>>> cd >>>> directory? I'm assuming it would be in the root directory of windows >>>> though. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 4:44 AM, Tom Edwards<cont...@steamreview.org >>>> >wrote: >>>> >>>> Someone once said they fixed the problem by copying some SAPI-related >>>>> DLLs >>>>> off their Windows install CD. They disappeared without telling anyone >>>>> what >>>>> those files were, unfortunately. >>>>> >>>>> The SAPI extractor is crumbling away because Valve don't use it. They >>>>> have >>>>> a different extractor built with phoneme middleware that they don't - I >>>>> assume - have a distribution license for. >>>>> >>>>> I went back to the extractor just now to make sure it still works and >>>>> found a bug in the error message that appears when extraction totally >>>>> fails. >>>>> Somehow I'd cocked up the process of launching the control panel app. >>>>> Fix >>>>> here: http://steamreview.org/external/vdc/phonemeextractor_sapi5.4.zip >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 14/12/2010 11:50, Cory de La Torre wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Not really sure if this falls under mapping or not, so I threw it in >>>>>> the >>>>>> coders list. My current problem is extracting phenom extraction. I'm >>>>>> currently using Tom Edwards "fixed" phonemeextractor.dll. For reasons >>>>>> I >>>>>> can't seem to understand is during the extraction (after putting in >>>>>> the >>>>>> sentence for the audio file and clicking ok) faceposer just plain >>>>>> crashes. >>>>>> I've found it works for other people and sometimes it doesn't, though >>>>>> I >>>>>> seem >>>>>> to be the in the rare group of people that faceposer just plain >>>>>> crashes >>>>>> on >>>>>> during the extraction. >>>>>> >>>>>> I was following a tutorial earlier that dates back to around 2008.The >>>>>> tutorial has directed me to go and download the SpeechSDK and install >>>>>> that. >>>>>> Upon further investigation I've found that under Windows 7 you don't >>>>>> even >>>>>> need that, and just the fixed dll. After reading some more I've come >>>>>> to >>>>>> another fork in the road. It seems the only way to get this shit all >>>>>> fixed >>>>>> up again is to reinstall windows, something I am totally not going to >>>>>> do >>>>>> if >>>>>> this still doesn't end working. Honestly I shouldn't have to reinstall >>>>>> my >>>>>> operating system anyways. Thats a severe punishment for this going >>>>>> south. >>>>>> My >>>>>> question is whether or not installing the SpeechSDk is the reason >>>>>> Faceposer >>>>>> is crashing at extraction. >>>>>> >>>>>> To clarify I've went and uninstalled the SpeechSDK before putting in >>>>>> the >>>>>> fixed phonemeextractor.dll. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Aside all of this madness; whats going on anyways!? I wouldn't have >>>>>> expected >>>>>> getting faceposer to work would be all this trouble under 2009 on >>>>>> future >>>>>> operating systems that almost everyone has entirely migrated too. I'm >>>>>> assuming Valve is at least using some Windows 7 and Vista machines up >>>>>> there, >>>>>> unless they are seriously using XP to use a "working" faceposer. The >>>>>> fact >>>>>> we >>>>>> need to use a custom modified dll to get all this working again is >>>>>> pretty >>>>>> bad. Faceposer should "just work" out of the box, and not require any >>>>>> users >>>>>> to go searching around for things. Yeah, yeah I know, not in valves >>>>>> current >>>>>> needs to do (too busy, yadda yadda) but that shit is starting to get >>>>>> real >>>>>> tiring. I'd like for once to actually be able to use a single Source >>>>>> Engine >>>>>> tool that isn't made by someone outside of Valve and works/does not >>>>>> require >>>>>> workarounds. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>> please visit: >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Gear Dev >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >> > > > -- > Gear Dev > -- Gear Dev _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
