Compiling VLC source code on Windows visual studio

Question

VLC is an open source project. I want to edit its source. I want to make some changes in the interface, such as changing the window name, icon, etc. But I am very confused how to do this. I downloaded the source, which contained the header files, cpp, makefile, etc. Now I'm stuck what to do next. \

can I open the source code in visual studio, like a window-shaped application, and do drag and drop, change, etc.

how to do it.

or how to edit the code and compile it. I am using Windows 7. I do not know how to install makeinstall.

so i need a step by step walkthrough.

Answer 1

Compilation in Visual Studio will never be possible due to the nature of Visual Studio. Instead, you need MinGW and Msys to compile natively on Windows 7: http://wiki.videolan.org/Win32Compile