having problem compiling vlc

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

contrib-20090118-win32-bin-gcc-4.2.1-sjlj-runtime-3.13-only.tar.bz2: cannot open: No such file or directory

Just read the message: tar doesn't find this file. Are you sure you have this file in the folder you launch the command.?

[ipmultimedia]

Finally the tar problem solved! We had to type the file name as
"contrib-20090118-win32-bin-gcc-4.2.1-sjlj-runtime-3.13-only.tar.tar"
instead of
"contrib-20090118-win32-bin-gcc-4.2.1-sjlj-runtime-3.13-only.tar" !
The first ".tar" is a part of the file name and the second one is the file extention.

The next step is to execute the following command which is the next problem:

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ranlib /usr/win32/lib/lib*.a

but it cannot recognize some file formats and writes error message below:

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ranlib: /usr/win32/lib/libBasicUsageEnvironment.a: File format not recognized

So we cut out that file and re-execute the command. We got errors just the same as above only for 3 other files:

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ranlib: /usr/win32/lib/libUsageEnvironment.a: File format not recognized ranlib: /usr/win32/lib/libliveMedia.a: File format not recognized ranlib: /usr/win32/lib/libgroupsock.a: File format not recognized

our next try (after removing the mentioned files from the folder) ended with no message of fail or succeed.

[VLC_help]

ranlib is optional step. I removed it from guide, and I don't who added it to guide.

[ipmultimedia]

Thanks for your help. You reduced our problems by one, omitting ranlib.

The next step is to configure script for compiling VLC by using these commands:

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PATH=/usr/win32/bin:$PATH \ PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=/usr/win32/lib/pkgconfig \ CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/win32/include -I/usr/win32/include/ebml" \ LDFLAGS=-L/usr/win32/lib \ CC="gcc -mno-cygwin" CXX="g++ -mno-cygwin" \ ./configure \ --host=i686-pc-mingw32 \ --disable-gtk \ --enable-nls --enable-sdl --with-sdl-config-path=/usr/win32/bin \ --enable-avcodec --enable-avformat --enable-swscale \ --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-live555 --with-live555-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 --enable-dca \ --disable-mkv --disable-taglib

And again we got following error:

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bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

I do'nt know what the correct path is.

[ipmultimedia]

A stupid mistake about tar command:
we didn't know that we have to change the windows xp settings in a way that it shows the file extensin, then check if the file extension (for contrib) is ".tar" , simply change it to ".bz2"
Please complete the document on http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32CompileCygwinNew to not make begginers get confused. Thanks you all.

And finally I found the location for configure.
before configuring, I had to run the following command:

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cd /cygdrive/c/vlc/vlc

and it depends on the location you have already chosen for your vlc folder.

I typed the following command before the configuration:

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script -a

but I'm not sure whether it is correct or not!!!!
I got some warnings and an error without using script command.