This project is about the port of VLC to the WinRT platform. The goal is to target Windows 8.1/10 Modern environment, on x86 and ARM (Windows RT). But also Windows Phone 8.1, Windows 10 Mobile and other devices running the WinRT platform. Most of the media code engine is licensed under LGPL, like libVLC. The application is dual-licensed under GPLv2/MPL and the license might change later, if need be. How to compile VLC for WinRT: ----------------------------- You need: * Visual Studio 2015 * Windows 8.1 for VLC WinRT 8.1 OR Windows 10 TH2 for VLC UWP If you are only on Windows, skip the step 0) 0) Cross-compile libvlc for WinRT --------------------------------- You need: * A very, very, very recent Linux * build-essentials and all related build tools (make, autotools, git, etc...) * Prodigious patience and tenacity :) Build and install mingw-w64 SVN rev 5568 or higher (for libwinstorecompat). Be sure to pass --disable-shared when configuring GCC. Why? Statically linking to libgcc.a will ensure that all unused methods get stripped. It will drastically reduce the number of forbidden calls. Run ./compile.sh and generate vlc.7z 1) Extract libVLC ----------------- If you skipped step 0), take the most recent build, depending on your architecture. - For x86 and 64 versions, builds are located in http://http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/winrt-i686/ and http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/winrt-x86_64/ - For ARM version, builds are located in http://people.videolan.org/~hugo/ Extract the libVLC contents from the archive to vlc/<os>/vlc-<platform>/<configuration> <os> is either Windows, Windows Phone or Universal (Universal *includes* W10M) <platform> is either ARM or x86 <configuration> is Debug or Release 2) Build and package the front-end ---------------------------------- Open the VLC_WinRT solution in build/VLC_WINRT.sln 3a) Get a developer signature from your account -------------------------------------------------- If you don't have a dev account, see the next paragraph 3b) Local signature ------------------- Package.appxmanifest, and generate a self-signed cert Project → Store → Create App Packages... Select target "Debug (Win32)" Build the package. Now we have to import the self-signed cert into the local computer: Open MMC File → Add/Remove Snap In... Certificates → Add Select "Computer account" Select "Local computer" (already selected), press Finish OK to close "Add/Remove Snap-ins" dialog Certificates (Local Computer) → Trusted Root Certification Authorities → Certificates Right click, All Tasks... → Import... Next Select your "VLC_WINRT_1.0.0.0_x86_Debug.cer" Next Finish 4) Install libvlcpp ------------------- "git submodule update --init" in the vlc-winrt/ folder. 4b) Alternately, if you wish to manually install: ------------------------------------------------- Useful in case of network drive, for instance. Start → Programs → Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 → Visual Studio Tools → Debuggable Package Manager Install VCRT dependency: Add-AppxPackage Dependencies/x86/* ( or Add-AppxPackage Dependencies/x86/Microsoft.VCLibs.x86.Debug.11.00.appx if you feel like it ) Deploy VLC appx: Add-AppxPackage VLC_WINRT_1.0.0.0_x86_Debug.appx Enable debug mode for the app: (note: use Get-AppxPackage to look up the full name of the app) Enable-AppxDebug 9519ba58-7ad6-4c4e-97ed-bfc2135a0d19_1.0.0.0_x86__2c7ztm58ext6g # Debugging has been enabled for 9519ba58-7ad6-4c4e-97ed-bfc2135a0d19_1.0.0.0_x86__2c7ztm58ext6g. 5) Visual Studios extensions and toolkits ------------------------------------------------- * Multilingual Toolkit for Visual Studio https://dev.windows.com/en-us/develop/multilingual-app-toolkit * SQLite libraries are available in VS -> Tools -> Extensions and Updates http://sqlite.org/download.html 6) Build -------- Click on Build Solution. Click on Deploy Solution Profit. \o/ 7) Coding guidelines -------------------- TEXTBOX FocusTextBox is a simple TextBox control. However, when the user writes something in the TextBox, it's also listened by the KeyboardListenerService, which believes the user is entering a keyboard shortcut. With FocusTextBox we prevent this behaviour. Therefore ALL future patches should use FocusTextBox instead of TextBox. LICENSES Before sending a patch that adds a new nuget package or ships a DLL, please check its license, it has to be GPLv2-compliant. 8) Extra: Helpful snippets and tools ------------------------------------ Use http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896647 DebugView to view the debug logs And Procmon ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-ca/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx ) helps to see and debug events (like loading DLLs/modules/etc) Quick one-liners to remove ugly mode changes and ugly CR-LF line endings. git status -s | grep "^ M " | awk '{ print $2; }' | xargs chmod 644 git status -s | grep "^ M " | awk '{ print $2; }' | xargs dos2unix