Windows compatible?

[Darthagnon]

Was just wondering if this awesome project was Windows-compatible? GoLang stuff usually is, but I saw references to GTK, which is a little more complicated on Windows.

[pojntfx]

Yup, it is! I made sure that it spawns MPV etc. correctly, and tested it on Windows 11. There used to be a complete CI/CD setup I've set up for Windows, but I decided to drop it before release since I can't really test it properly:

multiplex/Hydrunfile

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	# Windows (see https://gist.github.com/pojntfx/36a1f41ffd34af7d2f3abe43646142e1)
	if [ "$1" = "windows" ]; then
	# Install native dependencies
	sudo dnf update -y
	sudo dnf install -y curl wine
	# Install MSYS2
	curl -L -o /tmp/msys2.exe 'https://github.com/msys2/msys2-installer/releases/download/2021-11-30/msys2-base-x86_64-20211130.sfx.exe'
	wine64 /tmp/msys2.exe x -y -oC:/
	# Fix MSYS2
	sed -i ~/.wine/drive_c/msys64/etc/pacman.conf -e 's/SigLevel = Required/SigLevel = Never/g'
	cat /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.crt >~/.wine/drive_c/msys64/usr/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt
	cat /etc/pki/tls/certs/ca-bundle.trust.crt >~/.wine/drive_c/msys64/usr/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.trust.crt
	export WINEPATH="C:\\msys64\\usr\\bin"
	# Install GCC, Go, GTK4 and libadwaita (plus any other packages you want to be included in the image)
	rm -f ~/.wine/drive_c/msys64/var/lib/pacman/db.lck
	wine64 bash.exe -c 'pacman --noconfirm --ignore pacman -Syy'
	rm -f ~/.wine/drive_c/msys64/var/lib/pacman/db.lck
	wine64 bash.exe -c 'pacman --noconfirm --ignore pacman --needed -S git mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-go mingw-w64-x86_64-pkg-config mingw-w64-x86_64-gtk4 mingw-w64-x86_64-gobject-introspection mingw-w64-x86_64-gobject-introspection-runtime mingw-w64-x86_64-glib2 mingw-w64-x86_64-libadwaita mingw-w64-x86_64-mpv'
	sed -i ~/.wine/drive_c/msys64/mingw64/lib/pkgconfig/* -e 's/-Wl,-luuid/-luuid/g' # See https://github.com/gotk3/gotk3/wiki/Installing-on-Windows#chocolatey, fails with invalid flag in pkg-config --libs: -Wl,-luuid otherwise
	mkdir -p ~/.wine/drive_c/go ~/.wine/drive_c/tmp
	# Copy source code to directory on C drive
	rm -rf ~/.wine/drive_c/users/$(whoami)/Documents/gotk4-workspace
	mkdir -p ~/.wine/drive_c/users/$(whoami)/Documents/gotk4-workspace
	rm -rf out
	cp -r . ~/.wine/drive_c/users/$(whoami)/Documents/gotk4-workspace
	# Build
	wine64 bash.exe -c "export PATH=$PATH:/mingw64/bin GOPATH=/c/go GOROOT=/mingw64/lib/go TMP=/c/tmp TEMP=/c/tmp GOARCH=amd64 && cd /c/users/$(whoami)/Documents/gotk4-workspace && go generate ./..."
	wine64 bash.exe -c "export PATH=$PATH:/mingw64/bin GOPATH=/c/go GOROOT=/mingw64/lib/go TMP=/c/tmp TEMP=/c/tmp GOARCH=amd64 && cd /c/users/$(whoami)/Documents/gotk4-workspace && go build -buildvcs=false -ldflags='-linkmode=external' -x -v -o out/vintangle-gui.exe ./cmd/vintangle-gui"
	# Copy binaries to staging directory
	rm -rf out
	mkdir -p out/dist/bin
	yes | cp -f ~/.wine/drive_c/users/$(whoami)/Documents/gotk4-workspace/out/* out/dist/bin
	# Package
	cp -r ~/.wine/drive_c/msys64/mingw64/* out/dist
	cd out/dist || exit
	zip -FSr ../vintangle-gui.windows-x86_64.exe.zip .
	cd ..
	rm -rf dist
	fi

[pojntfx]

I'm def. open to building it on Windows again, but for that to be viable I would need to be able to build and test the Windows build from Linux for it to be maintainable.

[Siilwyn]

Or if possible sharing a webapp? Sharing a link with people would be an even lower barrier for entry, using WebRTC just to watch so only one person needs to have Linux.

[pojntfx]

While the web sharing idea would be optimal, implementing it is a bit challenging due to browser limitations and legal concerns. See: #5

[gmankab]

@pojntfx, can you publish windows build on releases tab please?

[pojntfx]

@pojntfx, can you publish windows build on releases tab please?

I'm actively looking into it now that I got WINE on MSYS2 to work again, but I'm still not sure if I can genuinely support the platform considering that I don't really have a machine to do the testing for it on. See #9 (comment)

[gmankab]

you can just publish it and community will test it :)

[pojntfx]

That could be a way of doing it, but publishing a release without being able to test it on my end will eventually lead to a lot of issues that I can't really account for.

[gmankab]

:(

[slrgt]

any update on this or #5 ? I would love to test a mac version too

[pojntfx]

Not much yet sadly! Lots of refactoring in process atm for the core components behind the project, mostly https://github.com/pojntfx/panrpc and https://github.com/pojntfx/weron. I'm maintaining the project in the meantime - I'm also planning on switching to a proper embedded player once that's all ready - but it will still be a bit longer.

In the meantime, if you want to build on macOS or Windows, you can try building from source: https://github.com/pojntfx/multiplex?tab=readme-ov-file#contributing