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Building on Windows

🚀 Quick Overview

This guide walks you through the process of building Stremio on Windows. Follow the steps carefully to set up the environment, build dependencies, and compile the project.

🛠️ Requirements

Ensure the following are installed on your system:

📂 Setup Guide

1️⃣ Install Essential Tools

2️⃣ Install dependency

  1. Download vcpkg here.

  2. Install using vcpkg openssl:x64-windows-static, nlohmann-json:x64-windows-static, webview2:x64-windows-static and curl:x64-windows-static

⏳ Note: To deploy x86 install the x86 versions of the dependencies above.

3️⃣ Prepare the MPV Library

  • Optional step as mpv is included as submodule:
    • Download the MPV library: MPV libmpv.
    • Use the mpv-x86_64 version.

⏳ Note: The submodule https://github.com/Zaarrg/libmpv already includes .lib, just make sure to unzip the actual .dll for x64 systems.

4️⃣ Clone and Configure the Repository

  1. Clone the repository: 
    git clone --recursive git@github.com:Zaarrg/stremio-desktop-v5.git
cd stremio-dekstop-v5
  2. Update CMake Options: 
     -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/bin/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake 
 -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-windows-static
    As Oneliner: 
    -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:\bin\vcpkg\scripts\buildsystems\vcpkg.cmake -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-windows-static
  3. Download the server.js file: 
    powershell -Command Start-BitsTransfer -Source "https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/stremio-artifacts/four/v%package_version%/server.js" -Destination server.js

⏳ Note: To run the cmake project make sure to add stremio-runtime.exe, server.js beside the stremio.exe

5️⃣ Build / Deploying the Shell

  1. Make sure to run the following in the x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022 or x86 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS 2022

    1. Run the deployment script in the build folder. By default builds x64 
      node deploy_windows.js --installer

    • For Portable (Needs 7zip and /utils/WebviewRuntime/x64/EdgeWebView )

       node deploy_windows.js --portable

    • For x86

      node deploy_windows.js --x86 --installer

    • For Portable x86 (Needs 7zip and /utils/WebviewRuntime/x86/EdgeWebView )

       node deploy_windows.js --x86 --portable

  2. Requirements

    • To run the deploy_window.js script successfully the following is always required:
      1. libmpv-2.dll in deps/libmpv/i686 for x86 or deps/libmpv/x86_64 for x64
      2. server.js and stremio-runtime.exe in utils/windows
      3. ffmpeg folder with ffmpeg and .dlls in utils/windows/ffmpeg
      4. anime4k in utils/mpv/anime4k/portable_config
      5. stremio-settings.ini as default settings in utils/stremio
      6. vcpkg toolchain in C:/bin/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake or change the VCPKG_CMAKE path in the script.
      7. cmake-build-release-x64 or cmake-build-release-x86 folders in project root. Run cmake once before deployment for this.
    • For the installer
      1. nsis in C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\makensis.exe or change path manually
      2. nsprocess nsis plugin. Can be found in utils/window/NsProcess. Drop the contents into your nsis install folder.
    • For Portable
      1. 7zip in C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe or C:\Program Files (x86)\7-Zip\7z.exe
      2. WebView2 Runtime in utils/windows/WebviewRuntime/x64/EdgeWebView or ../x86/EdgeWebView. The Runtime can be found at C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\EdgeWebView\Application\131.0.2903.146. Copy the contents of this to our utils/windows/WebviewRuntime/x64/EdgeWebView. For x86 install WebView2 Runtime x86 and do the same.

⏳ Note: This script uses common path for DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE of vcpkg, make sure the script has the correct one. If running with --installer make sure u installed nsis with the needed nsprocess plugin at least once.

  1. Done. This will build the installer and dist/win folder.

⏳ Note: This will create dist/win with all necessary files like node.exe, ffmpeg.exe. Also make sure to have stremio-runtime.exe, server.js are in utils\windows\ folder

📦 Installer (Optional)

  1. Download and install NSIS.
    Default path: C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS.

  2. Generate the installer:

     FOR /F "tokens=4 delims=() " %i IN ('findstr /C:"project(stremio VERSION" CMakeLists.txt') DO @set "package_version=%~i"
set arch = "x64";
"C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\makensis.exe" utils\windows\installer\windows-installer.nsi
    • Result: Stremio %package_version%.exe.

🔧 Silent Installation

Run the installer with /S (silent mode) and configure via these options:

  • /notorrentassoc: Skip .torrent association.
  • /nodesktopicon: Skip desktop shortcut.

Silent uninstall:

"%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\LNV\Stremio-5\Uninstall.exe" /S /keepdata

✨ Happy Building!