Building VLMC

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== Building VLMC from source ==

This wiki page has information on building [[VideoLAN Movie Creator]], VLMC from source.
VLMC (VideoLAN Movie Creator) is a free video editing software,
offering features to realize semi-professional quality movies,
but with the aim to stays simple and user-friendly.

=== Resources ===

VLMC requires a c++ compiler (g++), cmake, Qt(4.6+), libVLC and frei0r plugins.

To install Qt, refer: http://qt-project.org/downloads

To install libVLC, you are required to compile VLC

To get the current source of VLC player, refer: http://wiki.videolan.org/GetTheSource

For information on using Git, refer: http://wiki.videolan.org/Git

For Information on generic compilation of VLC, refer: http://wiki.videolan.org/Compile_VLC

In case you are interested in mailing list, goto:
http://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/

We have two VLMC mailing lists:
* vlmc-announce: Official announcements (release, events, ...)
* vlmc-devel: Developers discussions

=== Getting the code ===

You can fetch the current VLMC working tree using Git:
git clone git://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlmc.git

Do the same for VLC (as described in http://wiki.videolan.org/GetTheSource):
git clone git://git.videolan.org/vlc.git

=== Building VLMC on Linux ===

Following is the cleanest way of compiling VLMC (commands for *nix OS)

1. Compile and install libVLC, libVLC is required by VLMC (You can also install VLC using your linux distribution), for example:
cd path_to_vlc_src
./bootstrap
./configure ''--your-options-here (see --help)''
make
sudo make install

2. For Compiling VLMC:
cd path_to_vlmc_src
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make

3. Run VLMC:
./vlmc

=== Cross Compiling VLMC for Windows on Linux ===

VLMC can be cross-compiled for Windows, on Linux using mingw:

cd contribs
sh contribs.sh
cd ..
mkdir win32 && cd win32
cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../cmake/toolchain-win32.cmake ..
make

=== Compiling on Mac OS ===

VLMC can be compiled on Mac OS, do:

cd contribs
sh contribs-mac.sh
cd ..
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make

To create a dmg image, uncomment #dmg in /src/CMakeLists.txt, at the end of the file.
This creates the app/dmg in <build-directory>/bin

=== Packaging VLMC ===

* On Linux, you can create deb/rpm package by using:
make package

* You can create NSIS installer for Windows using cross-compiling on Linux:
make installer

Start hacking ;-)

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