Thanks for the encouragement. I have plans to post the open source
transcoder (ffmpeg wrapper) once it had reaches a certain level of
alpha maturity. It's a very simple but useful app. I could post it to
github early if it would help troubleshooting. But, it seems like it
may be an issue simply with including large files in an OS X package.
Thanks,
Noah
On May 22, 2009, at 5:31 PM, e deleflie wrote:
Hi Noah,
I dont think you are falling outside of the use case it was intended
for ... I think its just a bug.
I dont have a work-around for you .... (maybe someone else does) ...
but if we shout loud enough .... _why might hear our plea to have a
look at this bug.
So it looks like large binaries (5 to 10MB and up?) included in a
folder and packaged up, for OSX, cause the packager to crash.
Etienne
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Noah Thorp <[email protected]>
wrote:
Thanks for the response Etienne. Yes, I can create a package
without the
binary. Unfortunately, creating a simple wrapper for the 10MB
ffmpeg binary
is the purpose of the application.
Hmm... any thoughts. I would like to use shoes for this because
it's perfect
for constructing a simple desktop app and I love the clarity of the
API.
But, I'm not sure if I'm falling outside of the use case it was
intended
for.
Best,
Noah
On May 22, 2009, at 5:05 PM, e deleflie wrote:
Hi Noah,
I had a similar issue on OSX, and I found that the packaging workd
OK
when the contents of my directory was smaller. It crashed at
something
like 20MB, and worked at something like 3MB.
That might not help you .... but perhaps you can try removing some
of
the larger files ... just to test if the packager stops crashing.
It looks like perhaps there is a size limit for the OSX
packageing ...
maybe a bug in the compression for large files?
I too would prefer to remove Shoes 'branding' from the install. I'm
sure there's a way to give Shoes the attention it deserves, without
confusing our users (who will often not be developers) with multiple
'brands'.
Etienne
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:38 AM, Noah Thorp <[email protected]>
wrote:
1) When I go to package my shoes app on OS X for OS X the app
crashes in
the
middle and doesn't generate the dmg file. I'm packaging a
directory and
it
has subdirectories with images and some binary files (ffmpeg and
another
c
code converter binary).
I've seen reference to the crashing but haven't found a solution
yet.
Should
the main script be named something in particular like init.rb.
How does
the
packager know which file to launch?
2) Also, is there a way to make the app appear like a regular
app, rather
than a file with a dependency on shoes. It would be great if I
could
remove
the word shoes from the menu bar, have my own file icons, not
have the
bundles shoes application visible. Is there a strategy for doing
this?
Thanks!
Noah
