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I'm not used to work in linux style enviroment. can anyone guide me the necessary steps to setup a windows style compilation.
I've already installed cygwin and the supplementary vlc libraries so all I need is a guidance as to the steps to perform compilation

There is a detailed HOWTO on developers.videolan.org which should cover everything that you need to know

If you encounter any further, less general questions, feel free to ask

i was following the instructions on http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/Cygw ... ntRevB.pdf
and got in troubles with the following:

Still in your Cygwin home directory, create a little batch file, get_svn.bat.
It only needs one line:
c:\program files\subversion\bin\svn" co
svn://svn.videolan.org/vlc/trunk vlc-trunk

it says one line and actually i see two lines. what should i do to perfurm these lines

please help

Also I'd like to know what should be the noticeable result of the actions above

You just need to join these two lines. It's a single command actually, which checks out VLC's source to a folder called "vlc-trunk" in the directory where the command is performed.

I didnt notice any effect doing that command. I understod that it should open a directory named vlc-trunck. Am I correct?
how can i see the effect of the command?

I am having the same question. I am following howto document. I got the precompiled libaries.

I am having problem with configuring part. I didn't understand where these bootstrap and configure scrit files should be. I created them with the given text in howto document but when I run ./configure in cygwin, it fails saying command --disable-gtk could not be found.
Please guide me on how to configure the build process.

Also, I want to add new access, demux modules and build vlc player with these modules. How should I go about it? Currently I am trying to build with precompiles libraries. Do I need to build one/some libraries to get my code incorporated in vlc?

I am new to cygwin/vlc, so please baer with me.
thanks

You should get output that subversion checks out the folders of VLC's source, thus it will list all folders on the first run. Are you sure that subversion / svn installed?

i run config_setup and got the following:

$ ../config_setup
+ AUTOMAKESUCKS=no
+ INSTALLSUCKS=no
+ ACLOCAL_ARGS='-I m4'
+ test -d extras/contrib/bin
+ amvers=none
+ automake-1.9 --version
+ automake-1.8 --version
+ automake-1.7 --version
+ automake-1.6 --version
+ automake-1.5 --version
+ automake --version
+ test none = none
+ set +x
you need automake version 1.5 or later
../config_setup: line 7: --disable-sdl: command not found
Make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
what's the problem?

Your automake and probably also your autoconf versions are too old. You need to update them inside your cygwin-installation. These are 2 tools which provide VLC's compilation and the compilation of many other apps.

again i was compiling and was getting errors:
$ ../config_setup
+ AUTOMAKESUCKS=no
+ INSTALLSUCKS=no
+ ACLOCAL_ARGS='-I m4'
+ test -d extras/contrib/bin
+ amvers=none
+ automake-1.9 --version
+ amvers=-1.9
+ test -1.9 = none
+ gettextize --version
++ gettextize --version
++ sed -e '1s/[^0-9]*//' -e q
+ expr 0.14.5 '>=' 0.11.5
+ autopoint=autopoint
+ GETTEXT=yes
+ pkg-config --version
+ PKGCONFIG=no
+ aclocal=aclocal-1.9
+ automake=automake-1.9
+ autoconf=autoconf
+ autoheader=autoheader
+ set +x
generating modules/**/Makefile.am and m4/private.m4
................................................................. done.
+ rm -f aclocal.m4 configure config.log config.h config.h.in
+ rm -Rf 'autom4te*.cache'
+ rm -f config.guess config.sub missing mkinstalldirs compile depcomp install-sh

+ rm -Rf autotools
+ mkdir autotools
+ rm -f ltmain.sh libtool ltconfig
+ rm -f ABOUT-NLS
+ rm -Rf intl
+ rm -f m4/oldgettext.m4 stamp-pic configure.ac.in Modules.am
+ rm -f stamp-builtin 'stamp-h*' mozilla/stamp-pic
+ rm -f vlc-config.in
+ printf ''
+ '[' yes '!=' yes ']'
+ autopoint -f
autopoint: *** cvs program not found
autopoint: *** Stop.
../config_setup: line 7: --disable-sdl: command not found
Make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

whats the problem?

got the following what should i do next?
$ ../config_setup
+ AUTOMAKESUCKS=no
+ INSTALLSUCKS=no
+ ACLOCAL_ARGS='-I m4'
+ test -d extras/contrib/bin
+ amvers=none
+ automake-1.9 --version
+ amvers=-1.9
+ test -1.9 = none
+ gettextize --version
++ gettextize --version
++ sed -e '1s/[^0-9]*//' -e q
+ expr 0.14.5 '>=' 0.11.5
+ autopoint=autopoint
+ GETTEXT=yes
+ pkg-config --version
+ PKGCONFIG=no
+ aclocal=aclocal-1.9
+ automake=automake-1.9
+ autoconf=autoconf
+ autoheader=autoheader
+ set +x
generating modules/**/Makefile.am and m4/private.m4
................................................................. do
+ rm -f aclocal.m4 configure config.log config.h config.h.in
+ rm -Rf 'autom4te*.cache'
+ rm -f config.guess config.sub missing mkinstalldirs compile depcom

+ rm -Rf autotools
+ mkdir autotools
+ rm -f ltmain.sh libtool ltconfig
+ rm -f ABOUT-NLS
+ rm -Rf intl
+ rm -f m4/oldgettext.m4 stamp-pic configure.ac.in Modules.am
+ rm -f stamp-builtin 'stamp-h*' mozilla/stamp-pic
+ rm -f vlc-config.in
+ printf ''
+ '[' yes '!=' yes ']'
+ autopoint -f
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers

gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error

gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--length error
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
Copying file ABOUT-NLS
+ aclocal-1.9 -I m4
+ autoconf
+ autoheader
+ automake-1.9 --add-missing --copy
configure.ac: installing `autotools/install-sh'
configure.ac: installing `autotools/missing'
activex/Makefile.am: installing `autotools/compile'
activex/Makefile.am: installing `autotools/depcomp'
configure.ac:16: installing `autotools/config.guess'
configure.ac:16: installing `autotools/config.sub'
configure.ac:5141: required file `intl/Makefile.in' not found
Makefile.am:15: required directory ./intl does not exist
../config_setup: line 7: --disable-sdl: command not found
Make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

ur problem can be resolved by including all the relevant packages while running the setup.
a working environment is given in this link,
http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/Cygw ... ntRevB.pdf

please look if you can help my problem,
while building the source code using the config script, I am getting some warnings as,

"underquoted definition of AM_PATH_CPPUNIT
run info <automake> extending aclocal is already registered with AC_CONFIG_FILES "

I am also in a start up stage. Please reply if you get some success.

i was following the instructions on http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/Cygw ... ntRevB.pdf

i run the "../config_setup

after that i want to get a program to run at windows platform

follow the instruction i run "make package-win32-base"
and got in troubles with the following:
-----------------------
$make package-win32-base
OK.
cp "./vlc.win32.nsi" "./vlc-0.8.5-svn/"
cp "./vlc.exe" "./vlc-0.8.5-svn/"
cp: cannot stat './vlc.exe': No such file or directory
make: *** [package-win32-base] Error 1
----------------------------------------

what's wrong?
who can help me? i am a chinese, my english is not very well.
help me, thanks!thanks!

if anyone known about this,leave the message or mail to me
yanlai20@hotmail.com

people i'm having troubles finishing compiling.
The errors are as above although i installed cygwin as instructed.

please help

hello arnon, did you got success in building the VLC,
if yes then please revert.

Or if someone can help out with the Make error,
***No targets specified and no makefile found***

I am also unable to fix this error.

hmm, you need to run ./bootstrap and ./configure [+options] before compiling. Have a look at the respective HOWTO for more information.

@ yanlai20: did you run "make" before your packaging command? I'm not sure whether a simple make is actually triggered before the packaging. If it isn't, the binary wasn't created yet and thus there is nothing to package

I tried this, and this is what I am getting, Please let me know how to fix this one, so that I can finally do the "make".


$ ../configure_setup
+ AUTOMAKESUCKS=no
+ INSTALLSUCKS=no
+ ACLOCAL_ARGS='-I m4'
+ test -d extras/contrib/bin
+ amvers=none
+ automake-1.9 --version
+ amvers=-1.9
+ test -1.9 = none
+ gettextize --version
++ gettextize --version
++ sed -e '1s/[^0-9]*//' -e q
+ expr 0.14.5 '>=' 0.11.5
+ autopoint=autopoint
+ GETTEXT=yes
+ pkg-config --version
+ PKGCONFIG=yes
+ aclocal=aclocal-1.9
+ automake=automake-1.9
+ autoconf=autoconf
+ autoheader=autoheader
+ set +x
generating modules/**/Makefile.am and m4/private.m4
................................................................. done.
+ rm -f aclocal.m4 configure config.log config.h config.h.in
+ rm -Rf autom4te.cache
+ rm -f config.guess config.sub missing mkinstalldirs compile depcomp install-sh

+ rm -Rf autotools
+ mkdir autotools
+ rm -f ltmain.sh libtool ltconfig
+ rm -f ABOUT-NLS
+ rm -Rf intl
+ rm -f m4/oldgettext.m4 stamp-pic configure.ac.in Modules.am
+ rm -f stamp-builtin 'stamp-h*' mozilla/stamp-pic
+ rm -f vlc-config.in
+ printf ''
+ '[' yes '!=' yes ']'
+ autopoint -f
Copying file ABOUT-NLS
Copying file autotools/config.rpath
Creating directory intl
Copying file intl/ChangeLog
Copying file intl/Makefile.in
Copying file intl/VERSION
Copying file intl/bindtextdom.c
Copying file intl/config.charset
Copying file intl/dcgettext.c
Copying file intl/dcigettext.c
Copying file intl/dcngettext.c
Copying file intl/dgettext.c
Copying file intl/dngettext.c
Copying file intl/eval-plural.h
Copying file intl/explodename.c
Copying file intl/finddomain.c
Copying file intl/gettext.c
Copying file intl/gettextP.h
Copying file intl/gmo.h
Copying file intl/hash-string.h
Copying file intl/intl-compat.c
Copying file intl/l10nflist.c
Copying file intl/libgnuintl.h
Copying file intl/loadinfo.h
Copying file intl/loadmsgcat.c
Copying file intl/localcharset.c
Copying file intl/locale.alias
Copying file intl/localealias.c
Copying file intl/localename.c
Copying file intl/ngettext.c
Copying file intl/os2compat.c
Copying file intl/os2compat.h
Copying file intl/osdep.c
Copying file intl/plural-exp.c
Copying file intl/plural-exp.h
Copying file intl/plural.c
Copying file intl/plural.y
Copying file intl/ref-add.sin
Copying file intl/ref-del.sin
Copying file intl/textdomain.c
Copying file autotools/mkinstalldirs
+ aclocal-1.9 -I m4
/usr/share/aclocal/cppunit.m4:4: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_CPPU
NIT
run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/auto ... ng-aclocal
' is already registered with AC_CONFIG_FILES.
autoconf/status.m4:848: AC_CONFIG_FILES is expanded from...
configure.ac:5138: the top level
autom4te-2.5x: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
aclocal-1.9: autom4te failed with exit status: 1
Make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

I am having troubles when on congiguration.

If I install cygwin automake 1.8 or 1.9, aclocal fails. Now when I am using either automake 1.6 or 1.7, auto conf fails. This is the error message I get

+ aclocal-1.7 -I m4
+ autoconf
' is already registered with AC_CONFIG_FILES.
autoconf/status.m4:848: AC_CONFIG_FILES is expanded from...
configure.ac:5138: the top level
autom4te-2.5x: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1



When I use automake 1.8 or 1.9, I get
+ aclocal-1.9 -I m4
/usr/share/aclocal/cppunit.m4:4: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_CPPU
NIT
run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/auto ... ng-aclocal
' is already registered with AC_CONFIG_FILES.
autoconf/status.m4:848: AC_CONFIG_FILES is expanded from...
configure.ac:5138: the top level
autom4te-2.5x: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
aclocal-1.9: autom4te failed with exit status: 1


Please help me out. Thanks.

Fkuehne,thanks,Before i packaging command,i run the make command, by your help i found that make command have errors occured,It's the content of configure-vlc file:
./bootstrap && \
CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/win32/include -I/usr/win32/include/ebml" \
LDFLAGS=-L/usr/win32/lib \
CC="gcc -mno-cygwin" CXX="g++ -mno-cygwin" \
./configure \
--disable-gtk \
--enable-nls --enable-sdl --with-sdl-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--enable-ffmpeg --with-ffmpeg-mp3lame --with-ffmpeg-faac \
--with-ffmpeg-zlib --enable-faad --enable-flac --enable-theora \
--with-wx-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-freetype-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-fribidi-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--enable-livedotcom --with-livedotcom-tree=/usr/win32/live.com \
--enable-caca --with-caca-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-xml2-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--with-dvdnav-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \
--disable-cddax --disable-vcdx --enable-goom \
--enable-twolame --enable-dvdread \
--enable-debug

i copy it from http://developers.videolan.org/vlc/vlc/INSTALL.win32
before this, the content of configure-vlc file i copied from
http://www.firstmiletv.nl/vlc/developers/howto.txt
and got the same error!
First i run "../configure-vlc",then type the "make >/aa" press enter, the the content of file aa about 53.1Kb, I upload it to
http://www.bdcctv.com/downloads/aayou can clicd to view, and make command output message list here:
sorry!it's many letters, i capture the screen and upload the picture http://www.bdcctv.com/downloads/output.jpg,click to view,this picture file about 497KB!

it's all the information!



WindowsXP Professional/cygwin

help me ! thanks!

@ yanlai20: did you run "make" before your packaging command? I'm not sure whether a simple make is actually triggered before the packaging. If it isn't, the binary wasn't created yet and thus there is nothing to package

Okay, there is definitelly something wrong with your Matroska-version. Are you using the latest binary package of the 3rd party libraries? Note that you should run a "make clean" after updating your 3rd party libs.

Sorry for the late response, I'm really busy with my real life these days.

I guess you're using gcc 3.4.something and not gcc3.3.1. If the contrib are named contrib-blah-blah-gcc3.3.1-only it's for some reason. Namely the C++ ABI changed and so you shouldn't mix compiler version when you use C++ libraries (like Matroska).