Apparently Ogg Vorbis doesn't support Windows

[torkell]

So, I thought it might be worth downloading the current 1.1.1 version of oggenc, as apparently it's a lot better. Silly me.


Problem #1: The vorbis people apparently don't believe in up-to-date binaries for win32. Solved by deciding to build from source. I'll just need to download, unzip, and run nmake, right?

Problem #2: While they provide MS Visual C++ projects, they neglect to convert the line endings to windows style. Solved by uploading to a random ftp site in binary, and then downloading in ascii mode.

Problem #3: No, MSVC will not automagically include all the project files in the current directory just by opening a workspace containing an empty project

Problem #4: Apparently I need to download (and presumably compile) libvorbis to make it work. I'll just pick up and compile libogg while I'm at it, shall I?

Problem #5: libvorbis depends on libogg. Specifically, libvorbis depends on the libogg files being in a directory called "ogg" in the include path, or in a directory called "ogg" in one of "..\..\ogg\include;..\include;..\win32\src;..\..\vorbis\lib" where the current directory is "D:\blah\libogg\win32". Solved by removing the "lib" prefix.

Problem #6: vorbis-tools\oggenc\encode.c(176) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'type' followed by vorbis-tools\oggenc\encode.c(183) : error C2065: 'bitrate' : undeclared identifier


At this point I decide it's too hard and give up. And don't you dare suggest that I should debug someone else's code that should Just Work.

How on earth do all you Unix/Linux/BSD people cope with building everything from source?

Comments

[ralesk.livejournal.com]

Maybe I’m bitter, but I expect the forums be full of “use Linux, bitch” people — “fix the bloody sound architecture in your OS, bitch, and I will” :D

[pewterfish.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, there will be idiots. I've dealt with some of them myself. But there are reasonable linux users out there (*waves*), and some might be able to help.

The sound architecture, yeeeees... Everyone has an idea of what it should look like, and damn the others. ALSA works nicely, though, if you can prevent your blasted window manager from interfering. And I believe there are OpenAL bindings for it as well, which is promising news for the future.