[DanCooper]

What you need (please only download and follow the guide for installations):

• Visual Studio 2015 Community edition (free)
  
• own account on GitHub (best way sync with latest source code)
  
• GitHub Desktop (free)
  
• own account on Transifex
  
• NSIS (to create the installer)
  

STEP 1

• create an account on GitHub
  
• fork our code on GitHub (that creates your own copy of Ember in your account)
  
• install GitHub Desktop and Clone the code to your harddrive ( + sign => your Account Name => Clone => select Ember-MM-Newscraper | don't use a network drive to save the code)
  

STEP 2

• install Visual Studio 2015 Community edition (default settings for VB.NET)
  

STEP 3

If exist, delete the folder .\GitHub\Ember-MM-Newscraper\EmberMM - Release - x86 to cleanup a new version from old and no longer needed files!

• start Visual Studio and Open Project => .\GitHub\Ember-MM-Newscraper\Ember Media Manager.sln
  
• Unload (right mouse button => Unload Project) this projects in the Solution Explorer (Ctrl+Alt+L): EmberAPI_Test, Scraper_Test and UnitTests
  
• go to Build => Configuration Manager and switch to Active solution configuration: Release and Active solution platform: x86 (no, x64 does not work)
  
• Compile the source code with Build => Build solution (Ctrl+Shift+B)
  

STEP 4

• install NSIS (use version 2.46 if the latest version does not work in Step 5)
  

STEP 5

• open Explorer, goto .\GitHub\Ember-MM-Newscraper\BuildSetup and run 0_BuildSetup_x86.bat
  
• setup your transifex account (type https://www.transifex.com in the first or second step (it's also displayed while running batch file))
  
• the NSIS should create your new nightly version in Builds folder
  

DONE



UPDATE YOUR SOURCE CODE TO OUR LATEST VERSION:

If exist, delete the folder .\GitHub\Ember-MM-Newscraper\EmberMM - Release - x86 to cleanup a new version from old and no longer needed files!

• start GitHub Desktop
  
• select Ember-MM-Newscraper
  
• click on the top right "gear" button and select Open in Git Shell
  
• in Git Shell enter to force refresh:
  Code:

  git fetch --all
• click on the Compare button (on top of the history list) and select DanCooper/master
  
• click on the Update from DanCooper/master button
  
• open the project in Visual Studio, compile the new code and run the batch file to create the installer
  

[AnthonyJS02]

Is this just for nightly builds? Will you be uploading the next beta when ready like previous versions?

[DanCooper]

Is this just for nightly builds? Will you be uploading the next beta when ready like previous versions?

Yes - Yes

[brunosso]

Dan there is a problem. Before to build the project i need to add the reference of VLC ActiveX? How?
Thanks

[DanCooper]

Dan there is a problem. Before to build the project i need to add the reference of VLC ActiveX? How?
Thanks

See "Step 1". You need version 2.1.5 with activated ActiveX plugin (check if enabled in VLC install wizard).
You can only compile the code as x86 if you include the VLC addon in the project folder.

Another way is to unload the addon VLC Player in project tree (same way like i have described in Step 4). Without the VLC addon it should be working without VLC ActiveX installation.

P.S.: 2.1.5 was the last version that had included a working ActiveX plugin. I don't know why no never versions that i've tested does not work...

[brunosso]

See "Step 1". You need version 2.1.5 with activated ActiveX plugin (check if enabled in VLC install wizard).
You can only compile the code as x86 if you include the VLC addon in the project folder.

Another way is to unload the addon VLC Player in project tree (same way like i have described in Step 4). Without the VLC addon it should be working without VLC ActiveX installation.

P.S.: 2.1.5 was the last version that had included a working ActiveX plugin. I don't know why no never versions that i've tested does not work...

I try to build but i have many errors, and the dll file relative to VLC are not created!!!

This is the list of errors http://pasted.co/ec0b18b6 and i notice that the reference in "generic.EmberCore.VLC" are whith a yellow mark!

[DanCooper]

See "Step 1". You need version 2.1.5 with activated ActiveX plugin (check if enabled in VLC install wizard).
You can only compile the code as x86 if you include the VLC addon in the project folder.

Another way is to unload the addon VLC Player in project tree (same way like i have described in Step 4). Without the VLC addon it should be working without VLC ActiveX installation.

P.S.: 2.1.5 was the last version that had included a working ActiveX plugin. I don't know why no never versions that i've tested does not work...

I try to build but i have many errors, and the dll file relative to VLC are not created!!!

This is the list of errors http://pasted.co/ec0b18b6 and i notice that the reference in "generic.EmberCore.VLC" are whith a yellow mark!

Looks like you have installed VLC version 2.1.3.

Please try this:
- Close VS
- uninstall VLC via Windows Programm Manager
- reboot your system
- install VLC x86 2.1.5 with ActiveX plugin

If that does not work, unload the VLC addon in Ember (this addon does not work proper anyway).

To solve the error in Trakt.tv addon:
- try to prebuild the Trakttv API (C# projekt at the bottom of project list) with right mouse button => Build

[brunosso]

Looks like you have installed VLC version 2.1.3.

Please try this:
- Close VS
- uninstall VLC via Windows Programm Manager
- reboot your system
- install VLC x86 2.1.5 with ActiveX plugin

If that does not work, unload the VLC addon in Ember (this addon does not work proper anyway).

To solve the error in Trakt.tv addon:
- try to prebuild the Trakttv API (C# projekt at the bottom of project list) with right mouse button => Build

I install the version you linked in 1st post. BTW now i installed 2.2.0 and the yellow triangle in "AXVLC" is gone, but the "AxAXVLC" yellow triangle is present!
For now i unload the addon

[DanCooper]

Looks like you have installed VLC version 2.1.3.

Please try this:
- Close VS
- uninstall VLC via Windows Programm Manager
- reboot your system
- install VLC x86 2.1.5 with ActiveX plugin

If that does not work, unload the VLC addon in Ember (this addon does not work proper anyway).

To solve the error in Trakt.tv addon:
- try to prebuild the Trakttv API (C# projekt at the bottom of project list) with right mouse button => Build

I install the version you linked in 1st post. BTW now i installed 2.2.0 and the yellow triangle in "AXVLC" is gone, but the "AxAXVLC" yellow triangle is present!
For now i unload the addon

Do you have switched to x86 in VS? VLC don't have a x64 plugin. Anyway, the Ember VLC addon does not work really good and has to be rewrite, so i think it's the best way if you unload it from build.

[brunosso]

Do you have switched to x86 in VS? VLC don't have a x64 plugin. Anyway, the Ember VLC addon does not work really good and has to be rewrite, so i think it's the best way if you unload it from build.

Yes i'm on Release - x86... i don't understant why there is only a dll file in vlc, but there are 2 reference?

[DanCooper]

Do you have switched to x86 in VS? VLC don't have a x64 plugin. Anyway, the Ember VLC addon does not work really good and has to be rewrite, so i think it's the best way if you unload it from build.

Yes i'm on Release - x86... i don't understant why there is only a dll file in vlc, but there are 2 reference?

There are two dll's: AxInterop.AXVLC.dll and Interop.AXVLC.dll

[brunosso]

There are two dll's: AxInterop.AXVLC.dll and Interop.AXVLC.dll

I mean in the vlc installation folder, this two dll aren't builded from VS When i build the solution, there aren't created in subfolder Modules..

[DanCooper]

There are two dll's: AxInterop.AXVLC.dll and Interop.AXVLC.dll

I mean in the vlc installation folder, this two dll aren't builded from VS When i build the solution, there aren't created in subfolder Modules..

I'm not shure how it exacly works. Maybe this two dll's are saved in a Widnows COM library, extracted from the ActiveX dll or something else...

[brunosso]

http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/win3...-win32.exe

I use this version of VLC, and now all reference are correct! The building process return no error (Building only, i remove Intellisense)

[DanCooper]

http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/win3...-win32.exe

I use this version of VLC, and now all reference are correct! The building process return no error (Building only, i remove Intellisense)

Ok. I'm not shure, but maybe VS crash if you try to open a dialog with VLC control in VisualStudio.
I've found a new VLC package in Nuget. I try to use that, so users no longer need to have VLC installed.