Overview

Upgrade MediaPortal solutions to be able to compile with Visual Studio 2013.

Description of Change

If you already compile MediaPortal, you need to change the

WINDOWS_SDK

system variable to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1

.

You also need to do a force update for submodule. It will take the latest source from libbluray repository to the last version compatible with Visual Studio 2013. Just right click on you MP1 folder with TortoiseGIT and select Submodule Update and we are good to go.

To build the updated C++ solution, you need the following installed (on a clean Windows 7 64-bit):

• VS2013 Community Edition with update 4 (this installs Platform SDK 8.1 as well)
• DirectX SDK June 2010 (need this to get all the DX9 stuff)
• Visual C++ MFC MBCS Library for Visual Studio 2013 (adds Multi-Byte Character support for 'dvblib' project)
• vsyasm 1.2.0

YASM

Note: Use vyasm 1.2.0. Version 1.3.0 has a known problem with case sensitivity using the 'BuildCustomizations' scripts.

1. Unzip

   vsyasm.exe

   from the previously downloaded package (based on your OS) to your Visual Studio installation directory:
   32-bit OS:

   C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\bin

   64-bit OS:

   C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\bin

2. Copy

   vsyasm.props

   ,

   vsyasm.targets

   and

   vsyasm.xml

   to

   C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\BuildCustomizations

Additional Information and References