Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of CompilationGuide/MSVC

Timestamp:

Nov 2, 2015, 1:35:28 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

Stefano Sabatini

Comment:

move up note about 64bit compilation

CompilationGuide/MSVC

@@ -34 +34 @@
 {{{ Tools -> External tools... -> Add }}}
 
-To set up a proper environment in MSYS, you need to run `msys.bat` (or the equivalent `mingw32_shell.bat`) from the command prompt.
+To build 64bit you need to run this command to enable the 64bit compiler and linker:
+{{{
+vcvarsall.bat amd64
+}}}
+
+Installed in the Visual Studio `VC` directory (for example: `C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC`).
+Depending on the system the argument might be `x86_amd64` or similar.
+
+See the following link for details: [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x4d2c09s.aspx]
+
+Finally, to set up a proper MSYS environment, you need to run `msys.bat` (or the equivalent `mingw32_shell.bat`) from the command prompt.
 
 Now, make sure that the `cl` and `link` program are not override by other programs with the same name from MSYS/MinGW (in particular, note that MinGW provides a program named `link`). In order to do so, you can set the MSYS path so that the VisualStudio tools are used instead, for example with the command:
@@ -104 +114 @@
 $ ./configure --enable-asm --enable-yasm --disable-ffserver --disable-avdevice --disable-doc --disable-ffplay --disable-ffprobe --disable-ffmpeg --enable-shared --disable-static --disable-bzlib --disable-libopenjpeg --disable-iconv --disable-zlib --prefix=/c/ffmpeg --toolchain=msvc --arch=amd64 --extra-cflags="-MDd" --extra-ldflags="/NODEFAULTLIB:libcmt" --enable-debug
 }}}
-
-In case you need to build 64bit:
-
-you need to run this command to trigger the 64bit compiler (setting --arch=amd64 --target-os=win64 won't build 64bit ffmpeg):
-
-
-{{{
-vcvarsall amd64
-}}}
-
-details: [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x4d2c09s.aspx]