Binary contrib package for Win32 Here are a set of contrib package to allow you to compile VLC for windows without wasting a couple of hours in compile time. Extract it at the root (tar xjf contrib-......tar.bz2 -C /) and then follow the instuctions in INSTALL.win32. The ones labelled gcc3.3.1 should also work with gcc3.3.3 . The ones labelled gcc3.4.5 should also work with gcc3.4.4 .