Problem cross compiling VLC win32 due to wrl/client.h requirement

[thebunnyrules]

Hello,

I'm following the cross compile tutorial for cross compiling VLC for Windows via Linux/Mingw-W64.

https://wiki.videolan.org/Win32Compile/

I have the latest source code for VLC 3.0 obtain via git clone (git clone http://git.videolan.org/git/vlc.git vlc).

I managed to compile all the third party libs and configured the main build successfully with no errors. I'm running into a snag when I run make. There are three cpp files that require wrl/client.h which after some research I found was bundled in Mingw-W64 up till version 4.x but was discontinued in version 5.x and 6.x (I'm on version 6).

The files that require wrl are:

vlc/contrib/win32/qt/src/3rdparty/angle/src/common/tls.cpp
vlc/modules/access/dshow/access.h
vlc/modules/text_renderer/freetype/fonts/dwrite.cpp

I've tried downloading the latest wrl headers from the mingw-w64 svn but they are incompatible and causing synthax errors. Anyone has any idea how I can get passed this? Has wrl/client.h been replaced by another header that I can substitute into these files?

[thebunnyrules]

140 views! This forum sure does get traffic! I'm used to 5 or 15

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Copy them from mingw HEAD and copy them to your mingw headers.