VLC Win32 MSYS compile checklist

[chalisas824]

Hi everyone,

I was first following your guidance and the URL is not working since they said there is more update version for MinGW.
And I don't get the point where u said C:\MinGW , does the files suppose to be in that folder after installing MinGW, right?

Well, at this moment the wiki page was under maintenance, and I am very serious about compiling this application, since I have to make them available within THIS WEEK!!! Could anyone be helpful for update the broken like for the required files that need for compiling the source?

I would be very thankful for your help since time doesn't wait for anyone, and I am approaching the finish line by no time, sarcastically its wiki just doesn't work at the moment.

Please do help.

[rogerdpack]

Also, shouldn't "C:\MinGW\lib\gcc\mingw32\4.4.0\libstdc++.la" be 4.4.1 not 4.4.0?

My question is did anybody have success using "vanilla" 4.4.0 or 4.4.1, seeing as it uses dwarf-2 exception handling and some of the contribs require SlJl exception handling? (it fails for me, like C:/MinGW/msys/1.0/win32/lib/libBasicUsageEnvironment.a:BasicHashTable.cpp:(.text+0x2f37): undefined reference to `_Unwind_SjLj_Unregister

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

No. You NEED a sjlj compiler.

[op157]

I am a complete amateur when it comes to this, but I did try to go through the MSYS compile instructions in the wiki. I got stuck with intl.dll originally, but managed to get around it with a copy I found on another website. I added a section, but I thought I would point it out. Perhaps someone that knows what they're doing could figure out a more proper solution.
My changes

[gnosygnu]

Fwiw, I checked all three of my machines and none have a C:\msys\1.0\bin\intl.dll
I don't remember having any errors with regards to intl.dll.
I've compiled 1.1.4 recently. Maybe this is 1.2/git related?

Otherwise, see if you can post the original error, and someone else can offer ideas....

Congratulations on compiling though!

[op157]

Thanks!
Now if only I can figure out how to properly read/edit code =P

Here is a screenshot with the error I get w/o intl.dll: http://imgur.com/PFByG.png

I could be putting the dll file in the wrong directory too, but since it's part of the PATH it still works.

And some minor details. I compiled build 1.1.0rc3 following the instructions. The only confusion I had was with getting glib, I downloaded and extracted all the zip files in alphabetical order.

[ImageMiner]

Hi,

I used exactly the actual wiki page to setup a vlc compile on a windows system.
Multiple steps use the dir /usr/win32/...

I do not have any win32 dir in my setup in msys/1.0, but I'm quite sure that there have to be one named like this.
The zip-Files of PKG-Config do not have this dir inside. Maybe I had to extract to mysy/1.0/win32 instead of msys/1.0?
Where do the win32 dir come from? I'm sure it is one simple error in my setup.

I used the following files for setup (named by wiki):
tdm-gcc-4.5.1.exe
mingw-utils-0.3.tar.gz
MSYS-1.0.11.exe
msysDTK-1.0.1.exe
autoconf-2.63-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma
automake-1.11-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma
libcrypt-1.1_1-2-msys-1.0.11-dll-0.tar.lzma
libtool-2.2.7a-1-msys-1.0.11-bin.tar.lzma
glib_2.26.0-2_win32.zip
glib-dev_2.26.0-2_win32.zip
pkg-config_0.23-3_win32.zip
pkg-config-dev_0.23-3_win32.zip
lua-5.1.4.tar.gz
vlc-1.1.3.tar.bz2

Something missing?

Please give me a hint, which information can help you to help me.
I'm not sure if this is enough to say "ah, you stupid guy, look at this ..."

Thanks

Kind Regards

ImageMiner

[ImageMiner]

OK, ... I solved my issue by myself.
I forgot to copy the contribs to the msys dir.
Grrrr ... let's see where I'll get stuck next (;-)

Kind Regards

ImageMiner

[gnosygnu]

Here is a screenshot with the error I get w/o intl.dll:

Hmm... sorry, no good ideas. I just checked my local machine and I don't have intl.dll in either C:\msys\1.0\ or C:\MinGW\. My pkg-config.exe works fine without it.

If I were to offer a weak guess, I would say Operating System issue? (I have Windows XP SP 2 / 3 across all 3 machines)

[Vicne]

Indeed, what is your OS ?
FWIW, searching for "pkg-config intl.dll not found" on Google, it returns the Win32CompileMSYSNew wiki page, although neither the current version nor the one from Google cache make any reference to this so I guess it's lost somewhere in the page history (?)..., but the excerpt on the Google results page can be improved to read "1) A good copy of intl.dll from https://svn.modevia.com/inkscape/devlibs/bin/. 2) And the directory to place the dll file: C:\msys\1.0\bin\..."
So maybe it's worth a try downloading and copying that file somewhere in the path.
But anyway it's more a workaround than a solution, so we should try to find what the differences are between your setup and one that works...

[op157]

I have xp pro sp3.

I was the one who updated the wiki page, but that was the workaround I figured out. It does feel kinda kludgey.

[Vicne]

I have xp pro sp3.

I was the one who updated the wiki page, but that was the workaround I figured out. It does feel kinda kludgey.

OK, forget about it then

XP2 here, but I really don't understand where the difference is. I don't have any intl.dll in the path... The only one I find on my whole system is in Songbird's folder which is not in the path so I doubt pkg config finds it.

Looks like this file is related to internationalization (seriously ), so maybe it's needed due to your language settings ? I'm on a French system, what's yours ?

If not, then I would think about a recent change in pkg-config. Here are the versions of the files I used when building :
glib_2.18.2-1_win32.zip
pkg-config_0.23-3_win32.zip
pkg-config-dev_0.23-3_win32.zip

Did you use the exact same ?

Best regards,

Vicne

[op157]

Ahh, this is good info!

I am using an English setup, so that could be something

Also, I was using glib 2.26 (i don't see an intl.dll file in 2.18 tho). I am actually on my way out of the door right now to do some shopping for a trip and will be packing tonight. I will be MIA for a week, so I'll play around with glib 2.18 then.

[VLC_help]

I also got intl.dll issue. I am running Windows 2003 under VMware Player which has its own intl.dll file (I am not sure if this causes problems). Anyhow, copying intl.dll to C:\msys\1.0\bin\ as Vicne said helps. I added this to trouble shooting section
http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileMS ... leShooting.