Installing Ogg Vorbis acm codec on Windows 7.

Recently, I had an issue installing the Ogg Vorbis codec on my Window 7 64bit OS. I downloaded the latest version I could find (v0.0.3.6) from here, but I couldn’t install it.

Finally, I found the solution. Just follow these steps:

  • Unzip the contents of the file you downloaded to a folder. Make sure that there are no spaces to the path of the folder. I will use the c:\temp folder for the rest of the procedure.
  • Open a command prompt with administrative rights. One way is to type cmd to the search box of the start menu and either press Ctrl + Shift + Enter , or right click on the cmd.exe  icon that appears on the search results and select Run as Administrator .
  • If you have 64bit Windows, your starting folder is C:\Windows\system32. You should change to  C:\Windows\SysWOW64. One way is to type  cd ..\SysWOW64. If you have 32bit Windows, you can stay at  C:\Windows\system32.
  • Type in the following:  rundll32.exe setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 0 c:\Temp\vorbisacm.inf. Note that the c:\Temp folder is the one I previously unzipped the codec files. You should replace this with your own folder of choice.

That’s it. All should be working fine now…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information

The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.

Close