
But sometimes this is a bit cubersome, as it might take longer, and sometimes its preferred to execute some build commands directly.įor that reason, a script called is included in VLC (starting with VLC 4.0 in vlc.git), which helps you setting the correct environment of your Terminal. Now, if you did some changes to the VLC source code, you can try to compile the change by calling build.sh again. Using build.sh is the recommended way to do a fresh VLC build. In case this fails, please try the step-by-step build guide below using aclean checkout. You can see more options for this script (change arch or sdk): If you want to use a prebuild contrib package, omit the -c option. The command line switch -c rebuilds all dependencies (contribs) from source. This way is highly recommended to use, as it sets up everything automatically. This is the most simple way to build VLC, including all its necessary dependencies. If it prints out a path to the command line tools package, select the correct path using the xcode-select tool. It needs to print out the path to your Xcode installation, like this The Xcode developer directory must be used, not the command line tools developer directory, as only Xcode includes all necessary tools. In the Terminal, if this outputs anything else than clang: error: no input files, see the troubleshooting part of this document. Ensure the compiler is found correctly by running

#VLC FOR MAC 10.13.4 INSTALL#
Install python3 (macOS pkg installer from ).Use at least macOS SDK 10.13 (this is included and the default in Xcode 9.3).(Note: Installing the developer tools package is not needed, and building with that package is not supported) At least macOS 10.13.4, or any later version.They are also highly recommended to compile VLC 3.0: Those are the minimum build system requirements to compile VLC 4.0 (current development version).
#VLC FOR MAC 10.13.4 MAC OS#
This is an howto to compile VLC media player on macOS (formerly known as Mac OS X), focused on VLC 3.0 and later.
#VLC FOR MAC 10.13.4 FOR MAC OS X#
VLC for Mac OS X VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. Minimize Window will make the active interface window 'disappear' to the OS X dock, Close Window will close the active interface window, Main Window some text, Playlist will open the playlist section of the controller window, or if it is closed then the next time the controller. This menu gives you access to all the different types of interface windows that are available. First, set the correct SDK version for the 3rd party libraries, usually your current OS X Version.

Alternatively you can use a pre-built package of these libraries provided by VideoLAN. VLC has the so-called “contribs” system to help building these libraries from source. To compile VLC, you need lots of other libraries, called 3rd party.
