+If you are using cygwin, you can build vlc with or without the unix emulation
+layer (without is usually better). To build without the emulaion layer, use
+something like this:
+ ./bootstrap; \
+ CC="gcc -mno-cygwin" CXX="g++ -mno-cygwin" \
+ ./configure \
+ --with-gtk-config-path=/cygdrive/c/dev/gtk-win32/bin \
+ --with-sdl-config-path=/cygdrive/c/dev/SDL-1.2.3-win32/i386-mingw32msvc/bin \
+ --with-directx=/cygdrive/c/dev/dxheaders \
+ --with-dvdcss-tree=../libdvdcss-win
+If you want to use the emulation layer, then just omit the CC="gcc -mno-cygwin"
+CXX="g++ -mno-cygwin" line.
+
+Note: when using the --with-dvdcss-tree you need to compile the libdvdcss tree