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( xvideo, x11 and dsp plugins are not enabled by default for win32,
plus a few other Win32 cosmetic changes )
- Updated the INSTALL-win32.txt file.
(Let's hope I didn't break anything ;-)
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INSTALL file for the Windows9x/2k version of vlc, the VideoLAN Client
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Running VideoLAN
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If you have already built vlc (see below) or are using a binary release,
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just run 'vlc.exe'.
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You can also run vlc from a dos command box, in which case you'll be able
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to use the command line arguments. You can obtain a list of these command
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line arguments by typing 'vlc --help'.
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It is also sometimes useful to display vlc's debug console. You can do so
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by running 'vlc -v'.
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To store a debug log of the current vlc session, you can use
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'vlc -vvv --stdout=debug.txt'.
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If you want to play a DVD, run vlc and click on the Disc option in the
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interface. You then have to type your drive letter in the 'Device name'
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box (eg. 'D:' if your dvdrom drive is assigned the letter 'D').
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( !Warning: you have to be in administrator mode (for now) on Win2k )
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Building VideoLAN from source code
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==================================
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If you want to do the tricky job of building vlc from source, follow
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these instructions:
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( WARNING: the win32 build process is not yet really stable, so you may have
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to hack manually the MAKEFILES )
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Getting the right tools
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=======================
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You can build the win32 vlc port in two ways:
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- natively on Windows
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- or on Linux, using cross-compiling
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All the necessary tools can be found on the libSDL web page:
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http://www.libsdl.org/Xmingw32/
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- cross-compiling with mingw32:
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You need to download the linux cross-compiler version of mingw32.
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(for Debian GNU/Linux users, there is a mingw32 package)
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You must also not forget to install some extra header files and libraries if
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you want to build some plugins like DirectX, GTK or SDL.
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- compiling natively on Windoze:
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[coming soon (investigating a combination of cygwin+mingw32)]
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Configuring the build
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=====================
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A typical way to configure the build process of vlc is to use the
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`./configure' script.
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See `./configure --help' for more information.
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For example if you are cross-compiling from Debian, you can use something
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along those lines:
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make distclean ; CC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc \
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./configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc --target=i586-mingw32msvc \
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--build=i386-linux --with-gtk-config-path=/usr/i586-mingw32msvc/bin \
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--with-sdl-config-path=/usr/i586-mingw32msvc/bin
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./configure uses the 'gtk-config' and 'sdl-config' scripts and unfortunately,
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when cross-compiling you have to tell ./configure where to find them.
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You have two choices for this, you can either add the path to these files at
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the beginning of your PATH variable. Or you can use the
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'--with-gtk/sdl-config-path' option.
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(by the way, you may have to create a gtk-config script yourself or modify
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the one from your linux distro)
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If you are cross-compiling using the package provided by
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http://www.libsdl.org/Xmingw32/, you can use something along those lines:
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make distclean ; PATH=/usr/local/cross-tools/bin:/usr/local/cross-tools/i386-mingw32msvc/bin:$PATH \
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./configure --host=i386-mingw32msvc \
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--target=i386-mingw32msvc --build=i386-linux
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Building VideoLAN
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=================
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Have a look at the generated Makefile.opts file, you may want to choose
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which modules will be compiled as plugins, and which ones will remain in
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the core application. The configure script tries to guess for you.
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Once configured, run `make' to build vlc.
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If you are using the tools from http://www.libsdl.org/Xmingw32/ you can type something like:
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PATH=/usr/local/cross-tools/bin:/usr/local/cross-tools/i386-mingw32msvc/bin:$PATH \
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make
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Well done, now you're ready to use vlc!
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