MediaCoder on Mac OS X 10.4 (x86) + Tips
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:31 pm
Something made me to test this while reading the whole stuff about running under Linux+WINE. So yes, this is a confirmation that MediaCoder runs under OS X. I am sorry if this has been posted before (I've used the search form, but no relevant thread was returned). I am a really busy person and the site lacks any form of email contact.
So here I start with the typing.
Usually you have to start with the WINE installation. This guy from here wrote a great How-To about how to compile WINE from the sources. The easier alternative is to use MacPorts for the sources compiling, but taking the same steps as Alan Tan did. Personally I prefer the second option because MacPorts provides a pretty usable package manager. The only commands that you would need are:
where the port_name are the required/recommended packages: freetype (recommended), fontforge, and wine.
In order to use a Windows app under OS X you need to use the xterm from the X11 application (/Applications/Utilities/X11) instead of the Terminal, because WINE uses Apple's implementation of X11.
Tip: in order to use the $PATH environment variable, you need to make xterm a login shell. Go to X11 menu >> Applications >> Customize Menu ... In the 'Command' column that corresponds to the 'Terminal' menu name add -ls after xterm. Instead of xterm command, you need to have xterm -ls. Next time when you start X11, the first opened xterm won't be a login shell! Close that shell and open a new one (hot-key combination Apple+N) and voila, you have a xterm as a login shell which uses the settings from the .profile file.
Next step is to install Firefox for Windows under OS X. It looks like a horror movie with happy end, but I couldn't have patience to look for a workaround. Then after the Firefox setup has finished, you can install MediaCoder and start it.
Tip: don't forget that the default installation path for MediaCoder is:
so you can easily launch it with
or use a alias into the application profile. Aliases are pretty useful because they provide you the possibility to use custom shell commands.
Small how to: fire up a shell, or if you already have one in front of your eyes, go to your home directory with:
then edit your profile file with:
Nano is a small text-mode text editor for UNIX-like operating systems. Go to the end of the file and add this:
then save the file with Ctr+O and close the text editor with Ctr+X. Restart the shell (close and open it). Next time when you would login with a xterm shell, you can easily type
in order to start the application.
Good Luck.
I almost forgot the screenshots:
It's a little bit unstable, it has a weird a$$ look, but it encodes fine.
PS: you guys are doing a great job with MediaCoder. Too bad that OS X lacks a tool like this one ...
So here I start with the typing.
Usually you have to start with the WINE installation. This guy from here wrote a great How-To about how to compile WINE from the sources. The easier alternative is to use MacPorts for the sources compiling, but taking the same steps as Alan Tan did. Personally I prefer the second option because MacPorts provides a pretty usable package manager. The only commands that you would need are:
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sudo port search port_name
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sudo port install port_name
In order to use a Windows app under OS X you need to use the xterm from the X11 application (/Applications/Utilities/X11) instead of the Terminal, because WINE uses Apple's implementation of X11.
Tip: in order to use the $PATH environment variable, you need to make xterm a login shell. Go to X11 menu >> Applications >> Customize Menu ... In the 'Command' column that corresponds to the 'Terminal' menu name add -ls after xterm. Instead of xterm command, you need to have xterm -ls. Next time when you start X11, the first opened xterm won't be a login shell! Close that shell and open a new one (hot-key combination Apple+N) and voila, you have a xterm as a login shell which uses the settings from the .profile file.
Next step is to install Firefox for Windows under OS X. It looks like a horror movie with happy end, but I couldn't have patience to look for a workaround. Then after the Firefox setup has finished, you can install MediaCoder and start it.
Tip: don't forget that the default installation path for MediaCoder is:
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$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/MediaCoder/mediacoder.exe
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wine $HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/MediaCoder/mediacoder.exe
Small how to: fire up a shell, or if you already have one in front of your eyes, go to your home directory with:
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cd $HOME
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nano .profile
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alias mediacoder='wine $HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/MediaCoder/mediacoder.exe'
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mediacoder
Good Luck.
I almost forgot the screenshots:
It's a little bit unstable, it has a weird a$$ look, but it encodes fine.
PS: you guys are doing a great job with MediaCoder. Too bad that OS X lacks a tool like this one ...