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2012-09-23T03:02:00Z

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Help VideoLAN

2012-09-23T02:13:36Z

Fsaldana: /* Coder */ Got put here by the "Help Us" link, wasn't clear what to do to get started.

Here are the following ways to help us.

Direct access:
* You are a [[Help_VideoLAN#Designer| designer]]
* You are a [[Help_VideoLAN#Documentation | writer]]
* You are someone who is proficient with computers
* You have good English language skills
* You are a [[Help_VideoLAN#Coder|coder in C/C++/ASM]]
* You are a sysadmin (Linux)
* You are a Maintainer/Packager
* You are Google
* You are Microsoft
* You are Coverity
* You are Mozilla
* You are [[Help_VideoLAN#Promote VLC|none of the above]]

== Coder ==
If you are a programmer, you can help us by integrating the project:
* New features
* Features improvement
* Bug Tracking
* Code cleaning
* Porting to a new platform

If don't feel like taking on such a huge task, we suggest you take a look at our [[Code Janitorial|Code Janitorial project page]].

If you don't feel comfortable working on code but are a native speaker of the English language, look at [[QT4StringsReview|Strings Review]].

Also take a look at our [[Mini Projects]] Page.

Get started in the [[Developers Corner]].

== Maintainer / Packager ==
If you know how to package for your special distribution/OS, please do so. Help us port {{VLC}} to as many platforms as possible.

== Documentation ==
If you:
* Like writing
* Like VLC
* Have never used VLC
* Run into a problem and end up solving it

'''You can help us make our documentation better!'''

Update the [[Documentation:documentation | documentation]], edit this wiki, create tutorials or provide answers on the [http://forum.videolan.org forum].

Help us give the best support to everyone.

On each of these pages is a "Discussion link" - add something there if you find a page here confusing or incorrect.

== Designer ==
You can help with your design skills by :
* Repairing and updating the websites
* Create new [[skins]]
* Create new icons, screenshots, etc... See the [[VideoLAN_Design|design]] page

== Tester ==
You can test and report bugs.
You can enter the [[quality| quality team]].

== Promote VLC ==
You can help to promote VLC by:
* Subscribing to VLC [http://freshmeat.net/projects/vlc/ on Freshmeat]
* Talking about VLC to your friends and family
* Donating money

See [http://www.videolan.org/contribute.html here] for more details.

[[Category:About VideoLAN]]

Win32Compile

2012-09-23T02:06:14Z

Fsaldana: /* Building Methods */ Column of links should be consistent.

How to compile {{VLC}} for [[Windows]].

== Building Methods<br> ==

If you want to build VLC from source, you have several choices:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Method
! Documentation
! Notes
|-
| '''Cross-compile with Mingw on Linux'''
| [[Win32Compile#Obtaining_the_toolchain]]
| '''Preferred''' method (uses cross compilation). On Windows, you should do it in a virtual machine.
|-
| '''Native compilation''' with '''[http://www.mingw.org MSYS+MINGW]'''
| [[Win32CompileMSYSNew]]
| '''Native''' compilation method. MSYS is a minimal build environment to compile Unixish projects under Microsoft Windows.
|-
| '''Native compilation''' with '''cygwin'''
| [[Win32CompileCygwinNew]]
| Build using cygwin as your compile environment. '''Error''' prone, and '''slow'''.
|}

== Obtaining the toolchain ==

=== Compiler and binary toolchain ===

To compile VLC for Windows (32-bits or 64-bits), the Mingw-w64 toolchain is required:

* '''Debian/Ubuntu''': run <code>apt-get install gcc-mingw-w64-i686</code>
(on Debian you must be on wheezy or above to find this package)

Up to versions 2.0.x, VLC was compiled with the older mingw32 toolchain, which only supports 32-bits Windows. If you have problems with mingw-w64, you can try mingw32 instead:

* '''Debian/Ubuntu''': run <code>apt-get install gcc-mingw32 mingw32-binutils</code>. Note that at least version 3.17 of Mingw32 is required, which Debian does not provide. You may obtain mingw32-runtime-3.17 [http://people.videolan.org/~jb/debian/mingw32-runtime_3.17.0-0videolan_all.deb here].
* '''Gentoo''' users can <code>emerge crossdev && crossdev mingw32</code>
* '''ArchLinux''' users can <code>pacman -S mingw32-gcc</code>
* '''Fedora''' users should read [[Win32Compile Under Fedora]]
* Other '''Linux''' systems may attempt http://www.mingw.org/wiki/LinuxCrossMinGW
* Native-compile with '''[http://www.mingw.org MSYS+MINGW]''', should read the [[Win32CompileMSYSNew|documentation]]
* Native-compile with '''[http://www.cygwin.com Cygwin]''', should read the [[Win32CompileCygwinNew|documentation]]

=== Development tools ===
You will also need:
* lua5.1
* all autotools: libtool, automake, autoconf, autopoint, make, gettext
* pkg-config
* git
* subversion
* cmake, cvs if you want to rebuild contribs
* zip [for creating .zip package], p7zip [for .7z package], nsis [for .exe auto-installer], bzip2 [for 'make prebuild]

=== Host triplet ===
A number of example commands below include the identifier of the toolchain. This value is '''essential''': it instructs the build system to use the correct toolchain and compile the program for Windows. Without the value, the build system will perform a native compilation for Linux (or whatever your computer runs). With an incorrect value, the build will fail.

This is known as the ''host triplet'', although it's more of a pair than a triplet in the case of Mingw. The exact value depends on your installation of the toolchain. Notably on Debian/Ubuntu, these values must be used:

* ''i686-w64-mingw32'' for Windows 32-bits, using the Mingw-w64 toolchain
* ''x86_64-w64-mingw32'' for Windows 64-bits, using the Mingw-w64 toolchain
* ''i586-mingw32msvc'' for Windows 32-bits, using the Mingw32 toolchain

Again, you '''MUST''' substitute the value in the following command snippets.

== Get the source code ==
$ git clone git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git vlc

See [[Git]] for more information.

== Go into the VLC directory ==
$ cd vlc

== Prepare [[Contrib Status|3rd party libraries]] ==

Before compiling VLC, you need lots of other libraries. Here is how to get them:

$ mkdir -p contrib/win32
$ cd contrib/win32
$ ../bootstrap --host=i586-mingw32msvc
$ make prebuilt

or, if you want to compile the contribs yourself and are feeling adventurous and have lots of time to burn,
# apt-get install subversion yasm cvs cmake

$ mkdir -p contrib/win32
$ cd contrib/win32
$ ../bootstrap --host=i586-mingw32msvc
$ make fetch
$ make

=== Linux 64-bit ===

If you are on Linux '''64-bit''', you '''SHOULD''' remove some files, or install the lib32 packages (ia32-libs, multilibs, etc...)

$ rm -f ../i586-mingw32msvc/bin/moc ../i586-mingw32msvc/bin/uic ../i586-mingw32msvc/bin/rcc

In addition, install the ''qt4-tools'' package.

=== Fix your contrib path ===

If your Mingw prefix is not ''i586-mingw32msvc'' (you are NOT on Debian or Ubuntu), create a symlink to contribs:
$ ln -sf ../i586-mingw32msvc ../i486-mingw32

=== Go Back ===

Go back to the VLC source directory:

$ cd -

== Configuring the build ==

=== Bootstrap ===
First, prepare the tree:
$ ./bootstrap

=== Configure ===
Then you can to configure the build with the <code>./configure</code> script.

Create a subfolder:
$ mkdir win32 && cd win32

Use the standard configuration:
$ ../extras/package/win32/configure.sh --host=i586-mingw32msvc
'''NB''': use '''YOUR''' Xcompiling prefix here, like ''i486-mingw32''

Alternatively, you can run configure manually:
$ ../configure --host=i586-mingw32msvc
See <code>'../configure --help'</code> for more information.

== Building VLC ==

Once configured, to build VLC, just run:
$ make

== Packaging VLC ==
Once the compilation is done, you can build self-contained VLC packages with the following <code>make</code> rules:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Command
! Description
|-
| <code>make package-win-common</code>
| Creates a subdirectory named <code>vlc-x.x.x</code> with all the binaries. You can run VLC directly from this directory.
|-
| <code>make package-win-strip</code> (might be package-win32-strip)
| Same as above but will create 'stripped' binaries (that is, smallest size, unusable with a debugger).
|-
| <code>make package-win32-7zip</code>
| Same as above but will package the directory in a 7z file.
|-
| <code>make package-win32-zip</code>
| Same as above but will package the directory in a zip file.
|-
| <code>make package-win32</code>
| Same as above but will also create an auto-installer package. You must have NSIS installed in its default location for this to work.
|}

'''''Well done—you're ready to use VLC!'''''

[[Category:Building]]

VLC Source code

2012-09-23T02:03:12Z

Fsaldana:

Check the [http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS News].

== Releases Sources ==

=== Latest Source ===

{{VLC}} Source Code can be downloaded here ({{VLC:latest version}})
: '''http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-sources.html'''

=== Older Source ===

You can get all the versions of VLC, using the [http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/ VLC FTP Archive].

You can also get it with the tags from the VLC's [[Git]].

== Development Sources ==

=== Latest source packages ===
If you want to get the latest bleeding edge development source package then go to this link:
[http://repo.or.cz/w/vlc.git http://repo.or.cz/w/vlc.git]
and download the first listed tar.gz or .zip file. Or you can check it out by using [[Git]].

If you want the entire source tree then look under '''How to get VLC media player's latest source tree'''.

=== How to get {{VLC}}'s latest source tree ===

'''This is the recommended way if you are working on {{VLC}}'''

You need to use [[Git]] to download the latest, live snapshot of the development tree.

Start by reading the [[Git]] page and then use the repository located at:
git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git

Please note that this will download the entire git repository. If you are only interested in the latest development build then use the link under '''Latest source packages'''.

=== Get the nightly snapshots ===

You can download nightly source snapshots from the [http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/source/?C=M;O=D nightlies website].

== Compiling VLC ==
OK! You've got the source. Here's how to [[Compile VLC]]

[[Category:Building]]
[[Category:Coding]]

VLC Source code

2012-09-23T02:02:21Z

Fsaldana: Direct link to next step!

Check the [http://www.videolan.org/developers/vlc/NEWS News].

== Releases Sources ==

=== Latest Source ===

{{VLC}} Source Code can be downloaded here ({{VLC:latest version}})
: '''http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-sources.html'''

=== Older Source ===

You can get all the versions of VLC, using the [http://download.videolan.org/pub/vlc/ VLC FTP Archive].

You can also get it with the tags from the VLC's [[Git]].

== Development Sources ==

=== Latest source packages ===
If you want to get the latest bleeding edge development source package then go to this link:
[http://repo.or.cz/w/vlc.git http://repo.or.cz/w/vlc.git]
and download the first listed tar.gz or .zip file. Or you can check it out by using [[Git]].

If you want the entire source tree then look under '''How to get VLC media player's latest source tree'''.

=== How to get {{VLC}}'s latest source tree ===

'''This is the recommended way if you are working on {{VLC}}'''

You need to use [[Git]] to download the latest, live snapshot of the development tree.

Start by reading the [[Git]] page and then use the repository located at:
git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git

Please note that this will download the entire git repository. If you are only interested in the latest development build then use the link under '''Latest source packages'''.

=== Get the nightly snapshots ===

You can download nightly source snapshots from the [http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/source/?C=M;O=D nightlies website].

=== Next steps: build it! ===
OK! You've got the source. Here's how to [[Compile VLC]]

[[Category:Building]]
[[Category:Coding]]