How to compile VLC source code on VC++ 2008 express

[himanshuz.chd]

Hi EveryOne,

I am a Software developer . As I am interested in multimedia so I thought of exploring VLC and contribute to its development. I dont know whether its the correct place to post this question or not. If not please redirect me to the correct forum. Anyways, coming to my query :

I have windows OS and visual c++ 2008 express edition. I downloaded the package vlc-1.1.7.tar.bz2 and unzipped it. But I am not able to get how to compile it on VC++ 2008. I saw in a README file in the package that "natively on Windows, using Microsoft Visual Studio. This will not work." but when I googled it I found that people have actually compiled the code on visual studio. So please help me in doing the same(if it is possible) so that I can start understanding the code flow by using breakpoints etc in VC++ 2008.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Back when this comment was written, Visual C++ did not support the C language standard (ISO C 99) that VLC relies on. I am not aware of any change to this sorry situation.

To compile VLC on VS, you would need to tweak the code all over the place, and crete your own set of makefiles. Way to loose a lot of time.

[himanshuz.chd]

So which IDE should I use in order to explore and understand the code of VLC on windows??

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

I don't know. Most VLC developers cross-compile from Linux anyway, so there may not be any off-the-shelf solution for your problem...

[himanshuz.chd]

Thanks, then I'll try installing Linux

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

I recommend a linux install and QtCreator.

[anoopvuppala]

hey,

can we do that in Qt creator using windows environment or else only in Linux environment.