@gerion I was also looking for a keyboard shortcut to set song rating. It would be great to have such feature.

Resolved, Windows build instructions for developers is updated in strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry-msvc.

Resolved, Windows build instructions for developers is updated in strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry-msvc.

I found the root cause as I was accidentally mixing debug and release builds.

Unfortunately, the Windows MSVC build is currently broken with outdated instructions. I've applied multiple fixes manually and now builds successfully. I'll create pull-requests for each item.

@jonas Thanks for your quick reply.

Instead of installing all tools manually, I've now executed the batch files on a clean Windows 11 and configured the environment variables as described:

• Run download.bat (Windows Terminal)
• Run install.bat (Windows Terminal as administrator. It requires some manual installations like Visual Studio 2022)
• Run build.bat (Run in Visual Studio 2022 x86_x64 Native Tools Command Prompt; It builds all dependencies and sources which takes hours, still running...)

I had no success by extracting binary dependencies to C:\strawberry_msvc_x86_64_debug as it results in unsatisfied requirement errors.

I assume this is the right way of building?

Note: There is a bug in download.bat which should be changed to:

-https://7-zip.org/a/7z2201-x64.exe
+https://7-zip.org/a/7z%7ZIP_VERSION%-x64.exe

as version.bat contains @set 7ZIP_VERSION=2301 which now results in a download/install filename mismatch.

I'm following the Strawberry MSVC build instructions for Windows to add a new feature, but encounter some issues:

1. I've completed steps Requirements ... Alternative 1.
2. The following step is unclear:

Add the following extra CMake arguments:

For debug:  -DARCH=x86_64 -DICU_ROOT=c:\\strawberry_msvc_x86_64_debug
For release: -DARCH=x86_64 -DICU_ROOT=c:\\strawberry_msvc_x86_64_release

I've interpreted this as: Ctrl+Shift+P Type: CMake Settings Assumming the following setting should be updated:

Is this correct for release build as there are two command arguments as shown in the screenshot?

When building strawberry.exe, it results in build errors:

Severity	Code	Description	Project	File	Line	Suppression State	Details
Error	LNK2001	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl QtPrivate::ResultIteratorBase::~ResultIteratorBase(void)" (__imp_??1ResultIteratorBase@QtPrivate@@QEAA@XZ)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\organizedialog.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2019	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: static void __cdecl icu_75::UMemory::operator delete(void *)" (__imp_??3UMemory@icu_75@@SAXPEAX@Z) referenced in function "public: virtual void * __cdecl icu_75::StringByteSink<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > >::`scalar deleting destructor'(unsigned int)" (??_G?$StringByteSink@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@icu_75@@UEAAPEAXI@Z)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\transliterate.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2019	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl icu_75::ByteSink::ByteSink(void)" (__imp_??0ByteSink@icu_75@@QEAA@XZ) referenced in function "public: __cdecl icu_75::StringByteSink<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > >::StringByteSink<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > >(class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > *,int)" (??0?$StringByteSink@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@icu_75@@QEAA@PEAV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@H@Z)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\transliterate.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2019	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: virtual __cdecl icu_75::ByteSink::~ByteSink(void)" (__imp_??1ByteSink@icu_75@@UEAA@XZ) referenced in function "int `public: __cdecl icu_75::StringByteSink<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > >::StringByteSink<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > >(class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > *,int)'::`1'::dtor$0" (?dtor$0@?0???0?$StringByteSink@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@icu_75@@QEAA@PEAV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@H@Z@4HA)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\transliterate.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2019	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: void __cdecl icu_75::UnicodeString::toUTF8(class icu_75::ByteSink &)const " (__imp_?toUTF8@UnicodeString@icu_75@@QEBAXAEAVByteSink@2@@Z) referenced in function "public: class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > & __cdecl icu_75::UnicodeString::toUTF8String<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > >(class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > &)const " (??$toUTF8String@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@UnicodeString@icu_75@@QEBAAEAV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@AEAV23@@Z)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\transliterate.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2019	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: int __cdecl icu_75::UnicodeString::length(void)const " (__imp_?length@UnicodeString@icu_75@@QEBAHXZ) referenced in function "public: class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > & __cdecl icu_75::UnicodeString::toUTF8String<class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > >(class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class std::allocator<char> > &)const " (??$toUTF8String@V?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@@UnicodeString@icu_75@@QEBAAEAV?$basic_string@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@V?$allocator@D@2@@std@@AEAV23@@Z)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\transliterate.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2019	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl icu_75::UnicodeString::UnicodeString(char const *)" (__imp_??0UnicodeString@icu_75@@QEAA@PEBD@Z) referenced in function "class QString __cdecl Utilities::Transliterate(class QString const &)" (?Transliterate@Utilities@@YA?AVQString@@AEBV2@@Z)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\transliterate.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2019	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: virtual __cdecl icu_75::UnicodeString::~UnicodeString(void)" (__imp_??1UnicodeString@icu_75@@UEAA@XZ) referenced in function "class QString __cdecl Utilities::Transliterate(class QString const &)" (?Transliterate@Utilities@@YA?AVQString@@AEBV2@@Z)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\transliterate.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2019	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: static class icu_75::Transliterator * __cdecl icu_75::Transliterator::createInstance(class icu_75::UnicodeString const &,enum UTransDirection,enum UErrorCode &)" (__imp_?createInstance@Transliterator@icu_75@@SAPEAV12@AEBVUnicodeString@2@W4UTransDirection@@AEAW4UErrorCode@@@Z) referenced in function "class QString __cdecl Utilities::Transliterate(class QString const &)" (?Transliterate@Utilities@@YA?AVQString@@AEBV2@@Z)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\transliterate.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2001	unresolved external symbol "public: virtual char * __cdecl icu_75::ByteSink::GetAppendBuffer(int,int,char *,int,int *)" (?GetAppendBuffer@ByteSink@icu_75@@UEAAPEADHHPEADHPEAH@Z)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\transliterate.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2001	unresolved external symbol "public: virtual void __cdecl icu_75::ByteSink::Flush(void)" (?Flush@ByteSink@icu_75@@UEAAXXZ)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\transliterate.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2019	unresolved external symbol ucsdet_open_75 referenced in function "class QByteArray __cdecl Utilities::TextEncodingFromData(class QByteArray const &)" (?TextEncodingFromData@Utilities@@YA?AVQByteArray@@AEBV2@@Z)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\textencodingutils.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2019	unresolved external symbol ucsdet_close_75 referenced in function "public: __cdecl `class QByteArray __cdecl Utilities::TextEncodingFromData(class QByteArray const &)'::`2'::<lambda_1>::operator()(void)const " (??R<lambda_1>@?1??TextEncodingFromData@Utilities@@YA?AVQByteArray@@AEBV3@@Z@QEBA@XZ)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\textencodingutils.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2019	unresolved external symbol ucsdet_setText_75 referenced in function "class QByteArray __cdecl Utilities::TextEncodingFromData(class QByteArray const &)" (?TextEncodingFromData@Utilities@@YA?AVQByteArray@@AEBV2@@Z)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\textencodingutils.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2019	unresolved external symbol ucsdet_detect_75 referenced in function "class QByteArray __cdecl Utilities::TextEncodingFromData(class QByteArray const &)" (?TextEncodingFromData@Utilities@@YA?AVQByteArray@@AEBV2@@Z)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\textencodingutils.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2019	unresolved external symbol ucsdet_getName_75 referenced in function "class QByteArray __cdecl Utilities::TextEncodingFromData(class QByteArray const &)" (?TextEncodingFromData@Utilities@@YA?AVQByteArray@@AEBV2@@Z)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\textencodingutils.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2001	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl QtPrivate::ResultIteratorBase::~ResultIteratorBase(void)" (__imp_??1ResultIteratorBase@QtPrivate@@QEAA@XZ)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\moodbaritemdelegate.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2001	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl QtPrivate::ResultIteratorBase::~ResultIteratorBase(void)" (__imp_??1ResultIteratorBase@QtPrivate@@QEAA@XZ)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\albumcoverchoicecontroller.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2001	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl QtPrivate::ResultIteratorBase::~ResultIteratorBase(void)" (__imp_??1ResultIteratorBase@QtPrivate@@QEAA@XZ)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\edittagdialog.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2001	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl QtPrivate::ResultIteratorBase::~ResultIteratorBase(void)" (__imp_??1ResultIteratorBase@QtPrivate@@QEAA@XZ)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\tagfetcher.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2001	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl QtPrivate::ResultIteratorBase::~ResultIteratorBase(void)" (__imp_??1ResultIteratorBase@QtPrivate@@QEAA@XZ)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\playlistdelegates.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2001	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl QtPrivate::ResultIteratorBase::~ResultIteratorBase(void)" (__imp_??1ResultIteratorBase@QtPrivate@@QEAA@XZ)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\playlistmanager.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2001	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl QtPrivate::ResultIteratorBase::~ResultIteratorBase(void)" (__imp_??1ResultIteratorBase@QtPrivate@@QEAA@XZ)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\playlistgeneratorinserter.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2001	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl QtPrivate::ResultIteratorBase::~ResultIteratorBase(void)" (__imp_??1ResultIteratorBase@QtPrivate@@QEAA@XZ)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\smartplaylistsearchpreview.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2001	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl QtPrivate::ResultIteratorBase::~ResultIteratorBase(void)" (__imp_??1ResultIteratorBase@QtPrivate@@QEAA@XZ)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\gstengine.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2001	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl QtPrivate::ResultIteratorBase::~ResultIteratorBase(void)" (__imp_??1ResultIteratorBase@QtPrivate@@QEAA@XZ)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\gstenginepipeline.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2001	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl QtPrivate::ResultIteratorBase::~ResultIteratorBase(void)" (__imp_??1ResultIteratorBase@QtPrivate@@QEAA@XZ)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\collectionmodel.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK2001	unresolved external symbol "__declspec(dllimport) public: __cdecl QtPrivate::ResultIteratorBase::~ResultIteratorBase(void)" (__imp_??1ResultIteratorBase@QtPrivate@@QEAA@XZ)	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\playlist.cpp.obj	1		
Error	LNK1120	16 unresolved externals	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\straberrymusicplayer	C:\straberrymusicplayer\out\build\x64-Debug\strawberry.exe	1		

3. In step Copy dependencies (MSYS2 Shell) I'm lost:

Run the "copy-deps-msvc-x64-debug-qt6.bat" or "copy-deps-msvc-x64-release-qt6.bat" 
batch file first to copy all plugins to the build directory. 

Where is are these .bat files located?

Related to:

• Set ratings per Dbus/shortcut.
• Expose rating of songs to automation/shortcuts.

@gerion I was also looking for a keyboard shortcut to set song rating. It would be great to have such feature.