[mythtv-users] Compiling 0.25/trunk on Windows

[Bob Cottingham]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Bob Cottingham <bobnvic at gmail.com> wrote:
> I spent the weekend trying to compile trunk on windows using the build
> script that is at http://github.com/MythTV/packaging/commit/42755b3.
> This is referenced on the 0.25 Release page as the "new, robust build
> script".  I ran into many issues running the script and documented
> them and the fixes as I figured them out.  I finally got an
> installation build and installed it, however when running
> mythfrontend.exe I receive the error message "The application was
> unable to start correctly (0xc0000142)."
>
> At this point I discovered that Lawrence Rust, who wrote the script
> that the "official" one is based on had an updated script at
> http://www.softsystem.co.uk/download/mythtv/mythbuild.sh that already
> incorporates all of the fixes that I had discovered.  I ran his script
> as well, which encountered no errors other than memory issues on
> compiling qt, which appear to be a fairly normal issue and is simply
> resolved by running the script again until it finishes.  However, in
> the end I had the same error message when I installed and ran
> mythfrontend.exe.  I ran the script on a Windows 7 machine.
>
> If anyone knows how to fix this issue, I would love to hear it.  I
> would highly recommend using Lawrence's version of the build script as
> it appears to be kept much more up to date.  Also, if anyone has a
> binary of the frontend running 0.25-beta or later and could make it
> available for download, I would certainly appreciate it.

I didn't get any replies so I don't know if there is actually much
interest in a Windows build, but I tried cross compiling on my Linux
box last night using Lawrence Rust's script from his website and
succeeded in making a working application.  In case anyone was
interested in a binary Windows trunk build, I uploaded it to MediaFire
at http://www.mediafire.com/?22bo9o27h5t5hcf  It is based on trunk as
of last night 3/12/2012.

I was able to install it on two different Win7 machines and everything
seems to work fine, though I had audio sync issues with HD recordings
on one system.  It does seem to be much improved in general over the
0.24 Windows builds.

Bob