[Bobbin007]

hi all,

i have added a how-to to the online manual, how to enable debug symbols for dlls, screensaver and visualisations.

you can find it here.

please add comments here if you have questions about it.

greets

bobbin007

[Gamester17]

nice! ...so this includes mplayer, paplayer, and the dvdplayer as well right?

[Bobbin007]

this includes only dlls compiled with microsoft visual c++ compiler. i think all paplayer dlls are compiled with it. if i remember right mplayer and the dvdplayer dlls are compiled using mingw afaik the compiler doesn't provide a way of generating debug information in a compatible format. we would need codeview/pdb format.

greets

bobbin007

[DrDDT]

Is ther any way to debug mplayer.dll?

There is a bug in the current implementation when seeking past a cutpoint.
The xbox code is correct, so something goes wrong in mplayer.dll.

[jmarshall]

You can use printf's is really the only way, as mplayer is not built with visualstudio debug info.

[El Piranna]

A little big stupid question... how-to make a .dll? I'm reading about to make "something interesting"™ with the visualizers now that i have finished my exams but i can't be able to. I have downloaded some little visualizers and screensavers (since both use the same dll loader -thanks for the info Gamester17 ) and i'm not be able to compile them. I just have make a simple screensaver that only makes printf telling what function is running (Start(), Render() and Stop(), nothing more) and it compile, but i can't be able to run it with the TextXBS.exe (it crash with several error: visualization not found, get_module not found...) or with XBMC for Windows (here it simply doesn't appear as a selectionable screensaver). I have read the tutorial about how to debug a dll, but there is a tutorial about how to make them?

By the way, i'm using VisualC++ 2008 Express (i didn't found any other :-( ). I'm trying to get the DirectX 8 SDK but the "Printf Screensaver" doesn't need it and doesn't work too...

[Gamester17]

Note that currently XBMC for Xbox support Direct3D/DirectX visualizations and screensavers. While XBMC for Linux, XBMC for Mac, and XBMC for Windows currently only support OpenGL visualizations and screensavers.

Checkout whole thread: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=137

Also these articles in the wiki (XBMC Online Manual):
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Appendix_D:_...ment_Notes
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=HOW-TO_debug..._Libraries
http://wiki.xbmc.org/?title=Basic_overvi...DLL_Loader



PS! Which platform are you trying to compile XBMC for? For Xbox you going to need Visual Studio .NET 2003 or older (plus the XDK).