Building VLC on MSVC

[sushil]

I am having problems in building on VLC ...

I did not understand the following line of code in the
file modules_inner.h

p_config[ ++i_config ] = (module_config_t){CONFIG_HINT_END };

it is giving an error
libvlc.h : error C2059: syntax error : '{'

as CONFIG_HINT_END is a constant .. how can we
typecast it ??

Can you please guide me.

regards -sus

[Dnumgis]

please search the forums before posting. Quick answer, get a recent snapshot.

[Guest]

I tried to serach on the group but could not find anything similar so posted the question.

Can you please refer me to anybody or help me out if you know by yourself.

Thanks in advance,
Sushil

[Sigmund]

I'll try to be more specific:
There was a bug in the latest released version that caused it to not compile with your compiler. So you should get a later version where it is fixed and try that in stead. You can get this either by a nightly snapshot or by subversion. instructions for this can be found on developers.videolan.org

Finally I might add that unless you really plan to change something, there is no real need to compile it for yourself on windows, since the released versions are feature complete. And at last I can add that your compiler in any case can't compile everything in vlc, just a minimal working copy

[Guest]

Thanks Sigmond!

I can make it working with the latest release 0.7.1. I think the bug was fixed in this release.

I was trying to learn the Mpeg synchronization.

BTW do you know what are the capabilities( though limited) of the MSVC compiled version of VLC ?? Any idea ..??

Thanks once again.