Nullsoft installers (or MSI) + winget

[DanTheMan827]

It would be very convenient if this could be packaged inside an installer and automatically submitted to the winget package repository at microsoft/winget-pkgs

I've found this post detailing how you can automatically submit to winget https://www.dolthub.com/blog/2021-10-13-how-to-publish-winget-chocolatey-packages-with-github-actions/

[BtbN]

I don't really see how this could be sensibly put into an installer.
Windows has no standard paths or anything to put stuff into.

[garoto]

Just drop everything into C:\Windows and it should be fine.

[DanTheMan827]

Just install to program files and update the PATH environment variable

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[BtbN]

I don't think an installer is a good idea as it gives the wrong idea to users about there being any sort of official location/build/path for ffmpeg.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

@DanTheMan827 and @garoto, most users are hesitant or unable to perform those operations, and @BtbN, standard paths for installation definitely exist: these are usually "file:///%SystemDrive%/Program%20Files" and, for user-specific files, %AppData%.

I am unable to ascertain why the mere presence of the installer would demonstrate somehow that this is official, as is purported. If such designation is undesirable, I suggest that this location be removed from "https://ffmpeg.org/download.html#build-windows#:~:text=ready%20to%20go.-,windows%20exe%20files,-Windows%20builds%20from". The lack of an installer merely causes this to be unnecessarily difficult to install.

[DanTheMan827]

@BEEDELLROKEJULIANLOCKHART @BtbN I wasn't suggesting anything because it was "official", but merely because winget as a package manager just makes it easier for people to re-install software after a format or just keep it up to date.

There's a couple projects with multiple variants in winget maintained by different teams and they're just differentiated by their designation.

BtbN.FFmpeg would be the one for this project if there were installers available, but that wouldn't make it the official ffmpeg, just this build of it.