-$Id$
-
INSTALL file for the Windows9x/Me/NT4/2k/XP version of the VLC media player
NOTE: This is the PREFERRED way of building VLC natively (the others
are not as much tested so expect more difficulties with them).
+ Read http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileCygwinNew to have a complete HOWTO
+
+- On GNU/Linux, using the mingw32 cross-compiler.
+ This method is preferred over all the others.
+
+UNSUPPORTED METHODS
+-------------------
- natively on Windows, using MSYS+MINGW (www.mingw.org)
- (MSYS is a minimal build environnement to compile Unixish projects under
+ (MSYS is a minimal build environment to compile Unixish projects under
windoze. It provides all the common Unix tools like sh, gmake...)
Please note that the gettext utilities are not included in the default
MSYS/MINGW packages so you won't be able to build VLC with i18n support.
with the --fast-mutex --win9x-cv-method=1 options because the debugger
usually loses signals sent by PulseEvent() )
-- or on GNU/Linux, using the mingw32 cross-compiler.
-
Getting the right compiler tools
================================
For Debian GNU/Linux users, you can use the mingw32, mingw32-binutils and
mingw32-runtime packages.
-Or you can use our mingw32 gcc-3.3.1 cross-compiler package:
-http://www.videolan.org/pub/testing/win32/mingw-gcc3.3.1-linux-crosscompiler.tar.bz2 (requires libc6 >= 2.3.2).
-You will need to extract this package in your root directory (everything will
-be extracted in /usr/local/cross-tools).
-
- compiling natively on Windoze with cygwin:
You will need to download and run the setup.exe app from cygwin's web site
(www.cygwin.com). You will also need to make sure you install at least the
Depending on your needs you will have to compile/install some or all of these
external libraries.
-They can be found here (source code):
-http://download.videolan.org/pub/testing/contrib/
+* They can be found here (source code):
+ http://download.videolan.org/pub/testing/contrib/
+
+* We also provide a package with all the libraries already compiled so it is
+ actually really easy to compile a full-featured version of vlc (these compiled
+ libraries will only work with mingw or cygwin):
+ http://download.videolan.org/pub/testing/win32/contrib-20060330-win32-bin-gcc-3.4.5-only.tar.bz2
+ (Check out for more recent versions at the same location).
-We also provide a package with all the libraries already compiled so it is
-actually really easy to compile a full-featured version of vlc (these compiled
-libraries will only work with mingw or cygwin):
-http://download.videolan.org/pub/testing/win32/contrib-20040229-win32-bin-gcc3.3.1-only.tar.bz2
+ All you need to do is extract it in your root directory (the include files
+ and libraries will be put in /usr/win32). You can do this with the following
+ command:
-All you need to do is extract it in your root directory (the include files
-and libraries will be put in /usr/win32). You can do this with the following
-command:
+ tar xjvf contrib-20060330-win32-bin-gcc-3.4.5-only.tar.bz2 -C /
- tar xjvf contrib-20040229-win32-bin-gcc3.3.1-only.tar.bz2 -C /
+ Please note the "-C /".
-Please note the "-C /".
+* An automated way of building the contrib libraries is provided in
+ extra/contrib. It will download, configure and build the libraries.
+ See the extras/contrib/README for more info.
A complete list of the libraries on which we depend can be found here:
http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/
Once you've got all the files you need in place, you need to configure the
build with the `./configure' script.
-I'll assume that you are using the pre-compiled 3rd party libraries I'm
+I'll assume that you are using the pre-compiled 3rd party libraries we are
providing and that they are in /usr/win32.
If you are cross-compiling from Debian, you can use something
along those lines:
./bootstrap && \
+ PATH=/usr/win32/bin:$PATH \
+ PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/usr/win32/lib/pkgconfig \
CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/win32/include -I/usr/win32/include/ebml" \
LDFLAGS=-L/usr/win32/lib \
CC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc CXX=i586-mingw32msvc-g++ \
./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc --build=i386-linux \
- --disable-sdl --disable-gtk \
- --enable-nls \
- --enable-ffmpeg --with-ffmpeg-mp3lame --with-ffmpeg-faac \
- --enable-faad \
- --enable-flac \
- --enable-theora \
- --with-wx-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
- --with-freetype-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
- --with-fribidi-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
- --enable-livedotcom --with-livedotcom-tree=/usr/win32/live.com \
- --enable-caca --with-caca-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
- --with-xml2-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
- --with-dvdnav-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
- --disable-cddax --disable-vcdx \
- --enable-debug
-
-If you are cross-compiling with our gcc-3.3.1 package, you can use something
-along those lines:
-
- ./bootstrap && \
- PATH=/usr/local/mingw/bin:$PATH \
- CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/win32/include \
- LDFLAGS=-L/usr/win32/lib \
- CC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc CXX=i586-mingw32msvc-g++ \
- ./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc --build=i386-linux \
- --disable-sdl --disable-gtk \
- --enable-nls \
+ --disable-gtk \
+ --enable-nls --enable-sdl --with-sdl-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--enable-ffmpeg --with-ffmpeg-mp3lame --with-ffmpeg-faac \
- --enable-faad \
- --enable-flac \
- --enable-theora \
+ --with-ffmpeg-zlib --enable-faad --enable-flac --enable-theora \
--with-wx-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-freetype-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-fribidi-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
- --enable-livedotcom --with-livedotcom-tree=/usr/win32/live.com \
+ --enable-live555 --with-live555-tree=/usr/win32/live.com \
--enable-caca --with-caca-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-xml2-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-dvdnav-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
- --disable-cddax --disable-vcdx \
+ --disable-cddax --disable-vcdx --enable-goom \
+ --enable-twolame --enable-dvdread \
--enable-debug
If you are using cygwin, you can build VLC with or without the POSIX
emulation layer, use something like this:
./bootstrap && \
+ PATH=/usr/win32/bin:$PATH \
+ PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/win32/lib/pkgconfig \
CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/win32/include -I/usr/win32/include/ebml" \
LDFLAGS=-L/usr/win32/lib \
CC="gcc -mno-cygwin" CXX="g++ -mno-cygwin" \
./configure \
- --disable-sdl --disable-gtk \
- --enable-nls \
+ --disable-gtk \
+ --enable-nls --enable-sdl --with-sdl-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--enable-ffmpeg --with-ffmpeg-mp3lame --with-ffmpeg-faac \
- --enable-faad \
- --enable-flac \
- --enable-theora \
+ --with-ffmpeg-zlib --enable-faad --enable-flac --enable-theora \
--with-wx-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-freetype-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-fribidi-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
- --enable-livedotcom --with-livedotcom-tree=/usr/win32/live.com \
+ --enable-live555 --with-live555-tree=/usr/win32/live.com \
--enable-caca --with-caca-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-xml2-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-dvdnav-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
- --disable-cddax --disable-vcdx \
+ --disable-cddax --disable-vcdx --enable-goom \
+ --enable-twolame --enable-dvdread \
--enable-debug
If you want to use the emulation layer, then just omit the CC="gcc -mno-cygwin"
If you are compiling with MSYS/MINGW, then you can use something along those
lines:
./bootstrap && \
+ PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/win32/lib/pkgconfig \
+ PATH=/usr/win32/bin:$PATH \
CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/win32/include -I/usr/win32/include/ebml" \
LDFLAGS=-L/usr/win32/lib \
./configure \
- --disable-sdl --disable-gtk \
- --enable-nls \
+ --disable-gtk \
+ --enable-nls --enable-sdl --with-sdl-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--enable-ffmpeg --with-ffmpeg-mp3lame --with-ffmpeg-faac \
- --enable-faad \
- --enable-flac \
- --enable-theora \
+ --with-ffmpeg-zlib --enable-faad --enable-flac --enable-theora \
--with-wx-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-freetype-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-fribidi-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--enable-caca --with-caca-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-xml2-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-dvdnav-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
- --disable-cddax --disable-vcdx \
+ --disable-cddax --disable-vcdx --enable-goom \
+ --enable-twolame --enable-dvdread \
--disable-mkv \
--enable-debug
+If you have used the "extras/contrib" way, you don't need to precise
+the CFLAGS, LDFLAGS and --with-foo-config-path=.
+ ./bootstrap && \
+ ./configure \
+ --disable-gtk \
+ --enable-nls --enable-sdl \
+ --enable-ffmpeg --enable-faad --enable-flac --enable-theora \
+ --disable-cddax --disable-vcdx --enable-goom \
+ --enable-twolame --enable-dvdread \
+ --enable-mkv --enable-caca --enable-live555\
+ --enable-debug
+
+
See `./configure --help' for more information.
Actually Compiling the VLC source
Once configured, to build VLC, just run `make'.
-( If you are using our gcc-3.3.1 cross-compiler you'll need to use:
- PATH=/usr/local/mingw/bin:$PATH make )
+Once the compilation is done, you can either run VLC directly from the source
+tree or you can build self-contained VLC packages with the following
+'make' rules:
+
+ make package-win32-base
+ will create a subdirectory named vlc-x.x.x with all the binaries
+ 'stripped' (ie. without any debugging symbols).
+
+ make package-win32-zip
+ Same as above but will package the directory in a zip file.
+
+ make package-win32
+ Same as above but will also create an auto-installer package. You will need
+ to have NSIS installed in its default location for this to work.
Well done, now you're ready to use VLC!
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