@David-Healey said in Exporting samples efficiently:

@jonalexander23 The samples aren't embedded. Does your project contain images?

Thanks that's good to know..it's a small project but actually can't be small as 77mb of samples (they total around 100mb in Samples folder)..there are 20mb of images..so guess the rest is just stuff in the build..thanks again.

Hi, just a little confused with the correct way to export samples with my plugins in HISE..I created a .hr1 file separately, but when exporting the plugins I think the samples are also embedded in my .au and .vst3 files as they are 77MB each which seems large? Just wondering if I'm missing something in the setup...thanks again.

@David-Healey said in Packaging Instruments Guide?:

@jonalexander23 said in Packaging Instruments Guide?:

I've tried your script again from scratch

If I recall correctly that script will only work if you use it for the whole process and setup the template packages project I'm using.

I wasn't suggesting you use the script, but read the commands that are in it. Then you can use these to manually sign and notarize your project.

OK will do, thanks for all your help.

@David-Healey said in Packaging Instruments Guide?:

@jonalexander23 said in Packaging Instruments Guide?:

if possible to get any help on that?

The automated script I provided has all the steps and commands you need. Read through it, I think I might have added some comments in there too.

Thanks David. I've tried your script again from scratch, and it's going better but now I'm getting this error...the first bit seems to point to a 'build' folder (inside the OSX folder) that it's looking for, which was not in your video?

"Build Failed
productsign: error: input product archive "/Users/XXXXXDocuments/HISE Projects/XXXXX/Packaging/OSX/build/XXXXX.pkg" not found.
cp: /Users/XXXXX/Documents/HISE Projects/XXXXX/Packaging/OSX/build/XXXXX_signed.pkg: No such file or directory
Cleanup
Notarizing
Error: The value '/Users/XXXXX/Documents/HISE Projects/XXXXX/Packaging/OSX/XXXXX Installer 1.0.0.pkg' is invalid for '': The file couldn’t be opened because it doesn’t exist."

@David-Healey said in Packaging Instruments Guide?:

@jonalexander23 I don't use the signing thing in packages, i sign it manually after

Ah OK..the post you referenced tells me to set the certificate in Packages! I presume there's just a line I need to put in Terminal instead, if possible to get any help on that?

Thanks guys. I'm nearly there now but one last thing - I'm trying to build the package in Packages with my Developer ID Installation cert all set up, but it causes the build to fail saying the cert can not be trusted..even though it's valid and set up right in Keychain Access. The build works fine when I remove the certificate link. AI told me to reset the intermediate certificates via downloading more Apple certs, but same problem. Any help appreciated thanks again!

@David-Healey thanks for that, I will try again tomorrow!

After spending all day trying to manual package, codesign and notarize, I've got as far as notarizing..I've been following the Notarising For Dummies thread and it seems some of it is out of date as altool no longer works (I get an error in Terminal 'ERROR: [altool.600001C484C0] ArgumentParsingFailure("Missing or no command argument specified.') - someone on the net said it became unusable about a year ago.

I'm pretty disillusioned regarding being able to use HISE even though I love creating in it - due to this crazy OS packaging process which seems to change from year to year by the looks of things...maybe there's plans for HISE to handle this part for non-experienced bash coders like me?

Great thanks! I just saw your YT vid 'Automated Exporter Script for Mac OS'..but I think you mentioned in another post it's now a bit outdated, or can I use this instead of Packages? For PC I guess I will try Inno Setup. Thanks again.

Hi, I'm new to HISE (from Kontakt) and just trying to package my first free small instrument..I've been scraping around for info and have starting making the dmg file, but thought I'd ask if there's a good guide on best practises for packaging for both mac and pc? A walkthrough video from @David-Healey would be the ideal thing! I realise I need to use things like Inno / Packages, but would be great to get help with setting these up, as well as things I need to know such as licensing, encryption (for when I release something commercial) etc. I've also seen people say they've create custom scripts for eg. automating sample file installation along with the vst3/au files..things like that would be great to know. I'm more a musician who learnt to code in Kontakt so all this is a bit new to me. Thanks in advance for any help!