modnar Wrote:I've seen a number of people commenting on their ability or inability to compile xbmc_pc. So how exactly is it done? I've got VS.NET 2003, DirectX XDK, and the sources. What now?

Quote:Generic prerequisites requirements:
* A x86 computer with supported operating-system installed:
** Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or later
**Windows Vista x86.
* Correctly installed graphics device-drivers from the manufacturer's website, (the latest is often the best choice).

Quote:To build and use XBMC for DirectX and Direct3D you first need:

* DirectX 9.0c SDK (Software Development Kit) (from Summer 2004) or later.
* DirectX 9.0c runtime or later.
* For XBMC GUI to run smoothly at an acceptable frame-rate the minimum requirement for your graphics controller is a 3D GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) that at least supports Shader Model 3.0 (Vertex Shaders 3.0 and Pixel Shaders 3.0), and DirectX version 9.0c. Most graphic adapters that support DirectX version 9.0c or later usually meet all of those mentioned requirements, however(Team-XBMC recommends NVIDIA GeForce 6150 or later.

Quote:To build and use XBMC for SDL and OpenGL you first need:

For XBMC GUI to run smoothly at an acceptable frame-rate the minimum requirement for your graphics controller is a 3D GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) that at least supports Shader Model 3.0 (Vertex Shaders 3.0 and Pixel Shaders 3.0), and OpenGL 2.0 (that features 24bpp or 32bpp for 3D hardware-acceleration support). Most graphic adapters that support DirectX version 9.0c or later usually meet all of those mentioned requirements, however(Team-XBMC recommends NVIDIA GeForce 6150 or later as NVIDIA.