Airfoil in wine

[frankh]

Has anyone successfully installed Airfoil in wine? When I install it (Linux distro: Mint/Ubuntu 11), wine complains about .NET 2 missing. But it seems to install this automatically without problems. However, the Airfoil installation "ends" with this:

Airfoil has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. (Standard Microsoft message)

Then:

The program Airfoil.exe has encountered a serious problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. (wine error message)

The installation "completes", however. Then, when I try to run the program from the ...drive_c/Program Files..... folder, this error message shows:

** (./Airfoil.exe:11118): WARNING **: The following assembly referenced from /home/frank/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Airfoil/Airfoil.exe could not be loaded:
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (assemblyref_index=1)
Version: 2.0.0.0
Public Key: b77a5c561934e089
The assembly was not found in the Global Assembly Cache, a path listed in the MONO_PATH environment variable, or in the location of the executing assembly (/home/frank/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Airfoil/).

** (./Airfoil.exe:11118): WARNING **: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' or one of its dependencies.

Unhandled Exception: System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type 'RogueAmoeba.Airfoil.Program' from assembly 'Airfoil, Version=2.8.3.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5a3d3b9d8c1ce316'.

[SpawnHappyJake]

Always check to see if the program you are trying to run through WINE has a native version for your operating system or if there is an equivalent alternative that runs natively in your operating system, first.

Always check the AppDB for your program, second:
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... &iId=17399

The AppDB says to use AirFoil Speakers for Linux. Don't bother trying to get it working in WINE.

Well, hope it works for you.

Cheers,
Jake

[frankh]

That first part is just silly. Of course I wouldn't run anything in wine if I didn't have to. Airfoil is the only application of its kind, on any platform/OS.

And as for Airfoil speakers: That's a completely different program than the main Airfoil application.

So, it doesn't work. Another thing that doesn't work in the crap called wine. Thanks for the heads-up.

[frankh]

BTW: Does it really say something as retarded as that? That's like saying "Photoshop doesn't work for you Windows version? Use Pro Logic Audio instead, then".

[SpawnHappyJake]

Well, sorry about that. I just did a quick search to see if I could find anything that could help...apparently not. And sorry you feel that way about Wine. There are many situations where Wine really does the trick.
Cheers,
Jake