Windows.md

Windows Install

Install choco using powershell

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://community.chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

Install dependencies with choco

choco install mpv ffmpeg python

Then install xklb and enjoy!

pip install xklb
lb

Then you will see:

xk media library

local media subcommands:
  fsadd [extract, xr]                Create a local media database; Add folders
  listen [lt]                        Listen to local media
  watch [wt]                         Watch local media

Optional: xklb[deluxe] deps: choco install exiftool rust

Alternative environment: msys2

cygwin, WSL, or WSL2 is not recommended.

1. Install msys2 and ConEmu

   choco install msys2 conemu

2. Update msys2

   pacman -Syu

3. Install build tools, mpv, fish, and python

   pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-mpv mingw-w64-x86_64-youtube-dl make automake python-pip python-wheel fish

   Optional: xklb[deluxe] deps:

   choco install exiftool
   pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-rust

4. Configure ConEmu to use fish shell in msys2

   https://superuser.com/questions/1024301/conemu-how-to-call-msys2-as-tab

5. Set the MSYSTEM environment variable and close and restart your shell

   set -Ux MSYSTEM MINGW64
   set -Ux PYTHONUTF8 1