Compile works with Vista, and yes, compile takes a long time with Cygwin. Remember to use -j2 or similar switch with make to make building faster. I usually run VLC directly from c:\VLC\vlc\vlc-0.9.0 using Windows Explorer. Cygwin shell is sometimes very picky about file usage rights so I you haven't tried normal Windows command prompt, try it.
I tried to run VLC from Windows Explorer, it displayed the VLC icon, but nothing coming. I also tried to run the VLC from the Window's command line:
> vlc --list
It pops up a Cygwin terminal with following lines:
Dumped content to vlc-help.txt file.
Press the RETURN key to continue...
In the vlc-help,txt:
^[[32;1m main ^[[0;1mmain program
^[[0m
My vlc.txt size is about 510127, is it normal? I suspect there are problems with the MinGW. I guess that the MinGW is included in the contrib, I don't need to install the MinGW on my Vista, right? Why we need to compile VLC with MinGW while the Cygwin has the GCC? Can anyone send me your built vlc.exe to my email
jupiter.hce@gmail.com please, to let me varify if my Vista can run the vlc.exe or not?