VS Environment Setup.txt

1. Update to the latest Windows SDK (previously the Platform SDK).
        http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F26B1AA4-741A-433A-9BE5-FA919850BDBF&displaylang=en

2. Update to the latest DirectX SDK
        http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/directx/aa937788.aspx

3. Navigate to the Windows SDK -> vX.X -> Samples -> Multimedia -> DirectShow -> BaseClasses

4. Open the BaseClasses solution.

    a. Ensure the linking type is multithreaded dll (for Release_MBCS) or multithreaded debug dll (for Debug_MBCS)

    b. Build both Release_MBCS and Debug_MBCS

5. Set up the environmental variables as follows (your paths may vary)

Variable name = WINDOWS_SDK         Value = C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\vX.X\

Variable name = DXSDK_DIR           Value = C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK (YYYYYYY XXXX)\

Variable name = DSHOW_BASE          Value = C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\vX.X\Samples\Multimedia\DirectShow\BaseClasses\