Partial WHQL notice
Due to Realtek moving HDXRT.inf and HDXRTSST.inf hashes from hdxrt.cat to hdxrtu.cat in 6.0.8825.1 and the absence of a hdxrtu.cat copy for current version, it wasn't possible to make a Realtek UAD Generic package for old systems that is 100% WHQL compliant. To workaround this setup installs latest WHQL compliant codec component (version 6.0.8856.1) with hardware support application, audio effects and service components taken from latest version and then a force updater is used to replace the old codec component (RTKVHD64.sys and RTAIODAT.DAT) with its latest version.
Due to absence of valid and updated copies of HDXRT.inf, HDXRTSST.inf and HDX_GenericExt_RTK.inf (or a renamed copy it), new hardware IDs introduced since 6.0.8825.1 are not supported (#31).
Beta testing is open
This release includes a beta setup and force updater that request admin rights via powershell instead of vbscript to workaround #28. Feedback on them is welcome in #29.
Additional improvements in this release that apply to both beta and stable setup
- Re-implemented waits using CHOICE for compatibility with systems lacking networking;
- Force updater : Stop Windows Audio service while overwriting files to avoid failure under certain circumstances;
- Added warning about potential spontaneous restarts.