HOW-TO:Compile XBMC for Xbox

Checking Out SVN

Note: XBMC is open source (GPL) software and as so the source code is available for anyone to modify and/or compile (under the rules of the GPL).

Prerequisites

• Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 7 operating-system installed on an x86-based computer or virtual machine.
• Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 or Visual Studio .NET 2003 (Compiler and IDE). Note: VC/VS 2005 or later is not compatible with the XDK. Also note that XBMC is coded in C++ (and not in a .NET programming-language as the names of these Visual Studio versions might indicate).
• DirectX 9.0 SDK Update (Summer 2004)
• Microsoft Xbox Software Development Kit (a.k.a. XDK) Note: If you installed Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio (or otherwise modified the installed files), you need to run the XDK setup with the /s flag.
• TortoiseSVN (or a other Subversion client of your choosing if you prefer).

Getting the Source Code

Using TortoiseSVN

If you already have installed TortoiseSVN then you can skip the first two steps below.

1. Get TortoiseSVN installer from the TortoiseSVN site
2. Install TortoiseSVN
3. Right click in a directory and click "SVN Checkout"
4. Enter URL of repository: https://svn.exotica.org.uk:8443/xbmc4xbox/trunk in the dialogue window.

• Lastly click "OK" and wait for all the source tree to download. (Expect a 250-300 MB download the first time you checkout!)

Building XBMC

Build.bat

Building with build.bat is a very simple process

• Double click on build.bat to run the automated build process
• The process will create a BUILD directory with your new XBMC build inside

xbmc.sln

This is the way of just building default.xbe, which is only recomended for advanced users who are debugging problems.

• Open up the "xbmc.sln" file with Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 or Visual Studio .NET 2003.
• Select "Release" or "Debug" from the Build Manager (depending on which type of build you are making).
• Select "Compile", and then wait for the compiling to complete.
• Depending on if you selected Release or Debug, the default.xbe would be in that sub directory.