[Qt-interest] QtCreator / phonon link problem on windows

[Tony Rietwyk]

Thiago wrote: 

> Benjamin Sergeant wrote:
> >I downloaded QtCreator (yesterday's snapshot build) on 
> Windows to try to
> >play with it (beautiful work), and it works well but I have a link
> > problem when I create an app that want to use phonon.
> >
> >It's probably related to the fact I don't have the Direct Draw SDK
> >installed. Maybe that could be detected in the Dialog that 
> list the Qt
> >library you want to link with (QtOpenGL, QtNetwork, QtXml, 
> etc...) when
> > you create a new project. (adding a feature request in the 
> tracker ?)
> >
> >I know there's a specific mailing list for QtCreator but anyway ...
> 
> Hello Benjamin.
> 
> The Mingw compiler and headers are not recent enough to compile the 
> DirectShow code present in the Phonon DS9 backend.
> 
> You need to use MSVC to compile the Phonon library. But that 
> then means 
> it's not compatible with the MinGW compiler that Qt Creator uses.
> 
> Unfortunately, there's very little we can do. The MinGW folks are 
> reluctant to upgrade their bundled headers.

Hi Thiago, 

In that case, are there any plans to get QtCreator working with VS compiler and debugger, as well as MinGW? 

I am interested in replacing the editor in QtCreator with a structured editor for suitable languages, then cross-compiling through C++. 

Thanks,