If you want to play a DVD, run vlc and click on the Disc option in the
interface. You then have to type your drive letter in the 'Device name'
-box (eg. 'D:' if your dvdrom drive is assigned the letter 'D').
+box (eg. 'D' if this is the letter for your dvdrom drive).
( !WARNING: you have to be in administrator mode (for now) on Win2k/XP or the
DVD won't play. )
to build the DirectX, GTK and SDL plugins.
- compiling natively on Windoze:
-You first need to download and install MSYS-1.0.5 (version 1.0.6 doesn't seem
-to work as well) and MINGW.
-http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/msys-1.0.5-i686-bin.tar.gz
+You will need to download and install the latest MSYS (version 1.0.7 as
+of now) and MINGW.
+The installation is really easy. Begin with the MSYS auto-installer and once
+this is done, extract MINGW into c:\msys\1.0\mingw. You also have to remember
+to remove the make utility included with MINGW as it conflicts with the one
+from MSYS (just rename or remove c:\msys\1.0\mingw\bin\make.exe).
+
+http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml
+http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/MSYS-1.0.7-i686-2.exe
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mingw/MinGW-1.1.tar.gz
You must also not forget to install the extra development packages if you want
along those lines:
make distclean ; \
- ./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc --target=i586-mingw32msvc \
+ CC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc \
+ ./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc --build=i386-linux \
--with-gtk-config-path=/usr/local/gtk-win32/bin \
--with-sdl-config-path=/usr/local/SDL-1.2.3-win32/i386-mingw32msvc/bin \
- --with-directx=/usr/local/dxheaders
+ --with-directx=/usr/local/dxheaders \
+ --with-dvdcss-tree=../libdvdcss-win
If you are cross-compiling using the mingw32 package provided by
www.videolan.org, you have to use something along those lines:
- CC=/usr/local/cross-tools/bin/i586-mingw32msvc-gcc \
+ CC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc \
PATH=/usr/local/cross-tools/bin:$PATH \
- ./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc --target=i586-mingw32msvc \
+ ./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc --build=i386-linux \
--with-gtk-config-path=/usr/local/gtk-win32/bin \
--with-sdl-config-path=/usr/local/SDL-1.2.3-win32/i386-mingw32msvc/bin \
- --with-directx=/usr/local/dxheaders
+ --with-directx=/usr/local/dxheaders \
+ --with-dvdcss-tree=../libdvdcss-win
If you are compiling natively on Windoze, then you can use something
along those lines:
- MAKE=gmake ./configure \
+ ./configure \
--with-gtk-config-path=/c/dev/gtk-win32/bin \
--with-sdl-config-path=/c/dev/SDL-1.2.3-win32/i386-mingw32msvc/bin \
- --with-directx=/c/dev/dxheaders
+ --with-directx=/c/dev/dxheaders \
+ --with-dvdcss-tree=../libdvdcss-win
+
+Note: when using the --with-dvdcss-tree you need to compile the tree
+beforehand.
Building VideoLAN Client
========================
Once configured, to build vlc you have to:
-If you are cross-compiling from Debian, then just run `make'.
+If you are cross-compiling from Debian or compiling natively on Windoze,
+then just run `make'.
If you are cross-compiling using the mingw32 package provided by
www.videolan.org, run `PATH=/usr/local/cross-tools/bin:$PATH make'.
-If you are compiling natively on Windoze, run `MAKE=gmake gmake'.
-(note that msys sometimes stops in the middle of the build process and
-complains about not being able to create .dep files. If this happens, just
-re-run the above command another time and it should work)
-
Building Win32 interface with bcc32 (Borland's compiler)
========================================================
(This stage is only necessary if you want to use the Win32 native interface.
If you are happy with the GTK interface, then you can skip this section)
-[Steps 2 and 3 are temporary]
-
1) Compile vlc as usual.
-include\defs.h should be generated.
-
-2) Edit include\defs.h, and add the following lines if necessary:
-#define WIN32
-#define MODULE_NAME win32
-#define MODULE_NAME_IS win32
-#define PLUGIN
-#define HAVE_DYNAMIC_PLUGINS
-
-3) Still in defs.h, comment the following line to avoid compilation warnings:
-#define PACKAGE "vlc"
-4) From the plugin\win32 directory, use Borland C++ command-line tools
+2) From the plugin\win32 directory, use Borland C++ command-line tools
as follows:
-bpr2mak intfwin.bpr // Create a makefile from intfwin.bpr
+bpr2mak intfwin.bpr -s \
+ | sed 's#^LIBPATH = .*#&;$$(RELEASELIBPATH)# ; s#^USERDEFINES = .*#& -DWIN32 -D__PLUGIN__ -DMODULE_NAME_IS_intfwin -DMODULE_NAME=intfwin#' \
+ > intfwin.mak // Create a makefile from intfwin.bpr
make -fintfwin // It's Borland's make utility !
-5) This should create a intfwin.so
+3) This should create a intfwin.so
You can remove any other generated file.
Well done, now you're ready to use vlc!
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