Commit a48441c6 authored by Gildas Bazin's avatar Gildas Bazin

* updated win32 compilation instructions.
parent 67c4bc39
......@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ disable the GUI. You will end-up with a vlc.log file in your current directory.
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. )
......@@ -45,9 +45,15 @@ You must also not forget to install the extra development packages if you want
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-i686-2002.04.24-1.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
......@@ -79,7 +85,8 @@ along those lines:
--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:
......@@ -90,14 +97,19 @@ www.videolan.org, you have to use something along those lines:
--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
========================
......@@ -108,16 +120,12 @@ the core application. The configure script tries to guess for you.
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.
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