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Resolution to Visual Studio 2003 Python error on Windows

chemcnabb — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:09:00 +0000

taken from http://paulsems.com/?p=42 thank you Paul!

I was trying to get past this error:

error: Python was built with Visual Studio 2003;
extensions must be built with a compiler than can generate compatible binaries.
Visual Studio 2003 was not found on this system. If you have Cygwin installed,
you can try compiling with MingW32, by passing “-c mingw32″ to setup.py.

Here is the solutions

1. Visit: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435

2. Download & Run: Automated MinGW Installer (make sure you check the base, g++ and Make)

3. Update your PATH: Add the C:\mingw\bin directory to the system PATH

4. Create (or edit): C:\Python25\Lib\distutils\distutils.cfg and add the following 2 lines:

[build]
compiler=mingw32

I found this solution at: http://livingpyxml.python-hosting.com/wiki/AmaraWindowsInstallTips

Star Wars Hoth Voice Effects (WIP)

chemcnabb — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:08:32 +0000

For fun, I took the Hoth sequence from star wars and muted it. I took my mic and started layering in my own voice sound effects - hah, you know, for fun. This is still in progress, because wow - there's a lot of voice effects to do. But here's a work in progress:

I know, ridiculous, right? I was curious about the process of sound designers from a creative point of view. I wondered if you could save off a wip like this one, create a number of sounds, layered into the project - using your voice to build a lib of sounds. The next step would be to go out into the world and replace each one with a real-world alternative. Anyway, fun.

Welcome to my Site

chemcnabb — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 17:04:50 +0000

Hey all, welcome to the place where I can rant and rave about anything i so desire. Freaky. Anyway - I will be posting ideas, thoughts, experiments, whatever I friggin want, in the coming months - so stay tuned.