The Windows installer does not include ecal_core.dll

[KerstinKeller]

Ideally, the installers (Windows) should work standalone and thus contain ecal_core.dll

[FlorianReimold]

Hm, so this is a .zip file, that is supposed to be extracted to the eCAL directory. If it would include the ecal_core.dll, it would overwrite it with a different version. I don't think that would be beneficial.

If this were supposed to run standalone, it would also have to ship the ecal.ini and an entire eCAL Monitor along with the monitor plugin. In my mind, this doesn't sound like a great idea.

The Readme.md has a section that explains how to "install" the prebuilt binaries from the zip file: https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecal-camera-samples#how-to-install-prebuilt-binaries

[KerstinKeller]

Mhmh, this might make sense for the monitor plugin. I just wanted to quickly test / use the camera grabber (no plugin), which then doesn't work by itself.

Maybe we split into two different installers (standalone grabber, monitor_plugin) and package accordingly?

[FlorianReimold]

Sure, that would be possible. With the official open source installer however, the ecal_core.dll usually is in the PATH, so the quick test should work perfectly. This may not be true for for custom builds.