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Hi, VLC.
Just now, I started my journey on VLC. I want to add a open codec to this appealling project.Since I am working in Windows, how to debug under windows? It's known MSVC is not recommended and impossible to implement. What compiler should I use? Is there any document on debuging VLC?
Thank you in advance

using gdb
check http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileMSYS it can be useful