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Hi all.

I am trying build vlc-2.2.4 and vlc-3.0.0 with ubuntu 14.04 64bits.

But I met errors at these all.

1) in 2.2.4
vlc-2.2.4/win32 $ make
make[4]: *** No rule to make target `access/dvdread.c', needed by `access/libdvdread_plugin_la-dvdread.lo'. Stop.
I can't find a topic about this issue.

2) in 3.3.0
vlc/win32 $ ../extras/package/win32/configure.sh --host=i686-w64-mingw32 --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
configure: error: *** A compiler with support for C++11 language features is required.
I found a topic about this, but I can't see higher version of i686-w64-mingw32-g++.

How can I solve these problem?

According to the wiki, ubuntu 14.04 is too old to compile recent versions of VLC. try 16.04 on a virtual machine if you can't upgrade your current one. I was able to compile vlc 3.0.0 on ubuntu 16.04 it wasn't easy though. had to solve several problems. like you need protobuf > 3.0 (I had to use protobuf 3.1) and not ubuntu's protobuf 2.6. Also when you try again don't forget to do make clean before make.

According to the wiki, ubuntu 14.04 is too old to compile recent versions of VLC. try 16.04 on a virtual machine if you can't upgrade your current one. I was able to compile vlc 3.0.0 on ubuntu 16.04 it wasn't easy though. had to solve several problems. like you need protobuf > 3.0 (I had to use protobuf 3.1) and not ubuntu's protobuf 2.6. Also when you try again don't forget to do make clean before make.

OK, I am downloading the ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
But for the vlc-2.2.4, does the 16.04 need too?

According to the wiki, ubuntu 14.04 is too old to compile recent versions of VLC. try 16.04 on a virtual machine if you can't upgrade your current one. I was able to compile vlc 3.0.0 on ubuntu 16.04 it wasn't easy though. had to solve several problems. like you need protobuf > 3.0 (I had to use protobuf 3.1) and not ubuntu's protobuf 2.6. Also when you try again don't forget to do make clean before make.

Hi, I rebuild now.
But I met another error when I typed "make" after "make fetch".
d3d11/d3d11.idl:20: error: Unable to open include file oaidl.idl
I couldn't find a topic about this at vlc forum and google.

Did you ever seen this error?

According to the wiki, ubuntu 14.04 is too old to compile recent versions of VLC. try 16.04 on a virtual machine if you can't upgrade your current one. I was able to compile vlc 3.0.0 on ubuntu 16.04 it wasn't easy though. had to solve several problems. like you need protobuf > 3.0 (I had to use protobuf 3.1) and not ubuntu's protobuf 2.6. Also when you try again don't forget to do make clean before make.

OK, I am downloading the ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
But for the vlc-2.2.4, does the 16.04 need too?

I modified contrib/src/d3d11/rules.mak and contrib/src/d3d9/rules.mak.
====================================================
ifdef HAVE_CROSS_COMPILE
IDL_INC_PATH = /usr/include/wine/windows/
else
#ugly way to get the default location of standard idl files
IDL_INC_PATH = /`echo $(MSYSTEM) | tr A-Z a-z`/$(BUILD)/include
endif

+IDL_INC_PATH = /usr/include/wine-development/windows/
====================================================
I added last line.
And install protobuf 3.1.
So, ./configure is OK.

Then, type make, last process.
And error too. T.T

The error message.
../../extras/package/win32/../../../modules/access/dshow/access.h:33:24: fatal error: wrl/client.h: No such file or directory

If you know this, let me know how to fix.

Sorry for late reply. not sure if 2.2.4 requires it. I think it does.

Yes I encountered the same issue with missing wrl. you can find it online on github.

I downloaded it from here: https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/min ... clude/wrl/

then copied wrl into contrib/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include folder.

in your case it should be contrib/i686-w64-mingw32/include

Sorry for late reply. not sure if 2.2.4 requires it. I think it does.

Yes I encountered the same issue with missing wrl. you can find it online on github.

I downloaded it from here: https://sourceforge.net/p/mingw-w64/min ... clude/wrl/

then copied wrl into contrib/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include folder.

in your case it should be contrib/i686-w64-mingw32/include

Hi theguy.
First of all, thanks very very much for your attention and advice.

The build is done.

For others who have the same problem, I leave more mention(in my build process).
In conclusion, in the same issue with "wrl/client.h",need 6 files.
1. v5.x/mingw-w64-headers/include/wrl/client.h
2. v5.x/mingw-w64-headers/include/wrl/internal.h
3. v5.x/mingw-w64-headers/include/roapi.h
4. v5.x/mingw-w64-headers/include/dwrite.h
5. v5.x/mingw-w64-headers/include/dwrite_1.h
6. v5.x/mingw-w64-headers/include/dwrite_2.h

===================================== begin my process =====================================
* The Italic is error messages while executing 'make'.

1. Download the "v5.x/mingw-w64-headers/include/wrl/client.h" and copy to contrib/i686-w64-mingw32/include/wrl/. And 'make'.
fatal error: wrl/internal.h: Nor such file or directory
2. Download the "v5.x/mingw-w64-headers/include/wrl/internal.h" and copy to contrib/i686-w64-mingw32/include/wrl/. And 'make'.
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/roapi.h:60:33: error: ‘Windows::Foundation::Initalize’ declared as an ‘inline’ variable
__inline HRESULT Initalize (RO_INIT_TYPE it
^
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/roapi.h:60:33: error: ‘RO_INIT_TYPE’ was not declared in this scope
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/roapi.h:64:7: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘;’ before ‘{’ token
) { return RoInitialize (it); }
^
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/roapi.h: In function ‘void Windows::Foundation::Uninitialize()’:
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/roapi.h:66:23: error: ‘RoUninitialize’ was not declared in this scope
{ RoUninitialize (); }
^
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/roapi.h: At global scope:
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/roapi.h:74:35: error: ‘ABI::Windows::Foundation::Initialze’ declared as an ‘inline’ variable
__inline HRESULT Initialze (RO_INIT_TYPE it
^
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/roapi.h:74:35: error: ‘RO_INIT_TYPE’ was not declared in this scope
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/roapi.h:78:9: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘;’ before ‘{’ token
) { return RoInitialize (it); }
^
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/roapi.h: In function ‘void ABI::Windows::Foundation::Uninitialize()’:
/usr/share/mingw-w64/include/roapi.h:80:25: error: ‘RoUninitialize’ was not declared in this scope
3. Download the "v5.x/mingw-w64-headers/include/roapi.h" and copy to contrib/i686-w64-mingw32/include/. And 'make'.
fatal error: dwrite_2.h: No such file or directory
4. Download the "v5.x/mingw-w64-headers/include/dwrite_2.h" and copy to contrib/i686-w64-mingw32/include/. And 'make'.
In file included from ../../extras/package/win32/../../../modules/text_renderer/freetype/fonts/dwrite.cpp:32:0:
/home/vlc/contrib/i686-w64-mingw32/include/dwrite_2.h:145:1: error: expected class-name before ‘{’ token
{
^
/home/vlc/contrib/i686-w64-mingw32/include/dwrite_2.h:176:1: error: expected class-name before ‘{’ token
{
^
/home/vlc/contrib/i686-w64-mingw32/include/dwrite_2.h:343:27: error: type ‘IDWriteFactory’ is not a base type for type ‘IDWriteFactory2’
using IDWriteFactory::CreateCustomRenderingParams;
^
/home/vlc/contrib/i686-w64-mingw32/include/dwrite_2.h:344:11: error: ‘IDWriteFactory1’ has not been declared
using IDWriteFactory1::CreateCustomRenderingParams;
^
/home/vlc/contrib/i686-w64-mingw32/include/dwrite_2.h:353:9: error: ‘DWRITE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_MODE’ has not been declared
DWRITE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_MODE antialiasMode,
^
/home/vlc/contrib/i686-w64-mingw32/include/dwrite_2.h:359:27: error: type ‘IDWriteFactory’ is not a base type for type ‘IDWriteFactory2’
using IDWriteFactory::CreateGlyphRunAnalysis;
^
../../extras/package/win32/../../../modules/text_renderer/freetype/fonts/dwrite.cpp: In constructor ‘dw_sys_t::dw_sys_t(HMODULE)’:
../../extras/package/win32/../../../modules/text_renderer/freetype/fonts/dwrite.cpp:75:27: error: ‘Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IDWriteFactory2>::InterfaceType {aka struct IDWriteFactory2}’ has no member named ‘GetSystemFontCollection’
if( p_dw_factory->GetSystemFontCollection( p_dw_system_fonts.GetAddress
^
../../extras/package/win32/../../../modules/text_renderer/freetype/fonts/dwrite.cpp:81:27: error: ‘Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IDWriteFactory2>::InterfaceType {aka struct IDWriteFactory2}’ has no member named ‘CreateNumberSubstitution’
if( p_dw_factory->CreateNumberSubstitution( DWRITE_NUMBER_SUBSTITUTION_
^
../../extras/package/win32/../../../modules/text_renderer/freetype/fonts/dwrite.cpp: In function ‘char* DWrite_Fallback(filter_t*, const char*, uni_char_t)’:
../../extras/package/win32/../../../modules/text_renderer/freetype/fonts/dwrite.cpp:478:129: error: no matching function for call to ‘TextSource::TextSource(Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IDWriteFactory2>::InterfaceType*, Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IDWriteNumberSubstitution>::InterfaceType*, wchar_t [2], UINT32&)’
p_dw_factory.Get(), p_dw_sys->p_dw_substitution.Get(), p_text, i_text_length );
^
../../extras/package/win32/../../../modules/text_renderer/freetype/fonts/dwrite.cpp:220:5: note: candidate: TextSource::TextSource(IDWriteFactory*, IDWriteNumberSubstitution*, const wchar_t*, uint32_t)
TextSource( IDWriteFactory *p_factory, IDWriteNumberSubstitution *p_substit
^
../../extras/package/win32/../../../modules/text_renderer/freetype/fonts/dwrite.cpp:220:5: note: no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IDWriteFactory2>::InterfaceType* {aka IDWriteFactory2*}’ to ‘IDWriteFactory*’
../../extras/package/win32/../../../modules/text_renderer/freetype/fonts/dwrite.cpp:211:7: note: candidate: constexpr TextSource::TextSource(const TextSource&)
class TextSource : public IDWriteTextAnalysisSource
^
../../extras/package/win32/../../../modules/text_renderer/freetype/fonts/dwrite.cpp:211:7: note: candidate expects 1 argument, 4 provided
In file included from ../../extras/package/win32/../../../modules/text_renderer/freetype/fonts/dwrite.cpp:33:0:
/home/vlc/contrib/i686-w64-mingw32/include/wrl/client.h: In instantiation of ‘long unsigned int Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<T>::InternalRelease() [with T = IDWriteFactory2]’:
/home/vlc/contrib/i686-w64-mingw32/include/wrl/client.h:104:32: required from ‘Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<T>::~ComPtr() [with T = IDWriteFactory2]’
../../extras/package/win32/../../../modules/text_renderer/freetype/fonts/dwrite.cpp:56:55: required from here
/home/vlc/contrib/i686-w64-mingw32/include/wrl/client.h:264:37: error: ‘Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IDWriteFactory2>::InterfaceType {aka struct IDWriteFactory2}’ has no member named ‘Release’
return tmp->Release();
5. Download the "v5.x/mingw-w64-headers/include/dwrite_1.h and dwrite.h" and copy to contrib/i686-w64-mingw32/include/. And 'make'.
-> build done.
===================================== finish my process =====================================

I am trying to package VLC for ms windows, because I met errors too while packaging!!!

added - the cause of packaging error was the directory name "/usr/include/wine-development". I changed the directory to "/usr/include/wine".


Thanks to theguy, I didn't give up.

thank you , this work for me

According to the wiki, ubuntu 14.04 is too old to compile recent versions of VLC. try 16.04 on a virtual machine if you can't upgrade your current one. I was able to compile vlc 3.0.0 on ubuntu 16.04 it wasn't easy though. had to solve several problems. like you need protobuf > 3.0 (I had to use protobuf 3.1) and not ubuntu's protobuf 2.6. Also when you try again don't forget to do make clean before make.

Hi, I rebuild now.
But I met another error when I typed "make" after "make fetch".
d3d11/d3d11.idl:20: error: Unable to open include file oaidl.idl
I couldn't find a topic about this at vlc forum and google.

Did you ever seen this error?

Hi, thank you for your poster. I also meet this error after I make fetch. could you tell me how you solve it? Thank you very much!