Link error building 64bit plugin host demo on mac

Audio Plugins
1

Hello,

I grabbed the most recent version of the tip as of Monday of this week, and am attempting to build a 64 bit version of the audio plugin host demo application on Mac OS 10.6. I’m able to compile a 32 bit version no problem, but when I compile a 64 bit version I get two link errors:

Undefined symbols:
  "juce::VSTPluginFormat::VSTPluginFormat()", referenced from:
      juce::AudioPluginFormatManager::addDefaultFormats()      in JuceLibraryCode2.o
  "typeinfo for juce::VSTPluginFormat", referenced from:
      juce::AudioPluginFormatManager::addDefaultFormats()      in JuceLibraryCode2.o
ld: symbol(s) not found
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

From looking at the source code it looks like the implementations in the VSTPluginFormat class are #ifdef’d out when compiling in 64 bit on Mac (see juce_VSTPluginFormat.cpp line 62), but the AudioPluginFormatManager tries to instantiate it regardless of which architecture you are compiling. If I change juce_AudioPluginFormatManager::addDefaultFormats( ) like this:

[code]#ifdef JUCE_DEBUG
// you should only call this method once!
for (int i = formats.size(); --i >= 0;)
{
#if JUCE_PLUGINHOST_VST && !(JUCE_MAC && JUCE_64BIT)
jassert (dynamic_cast <VSTPluginFormat*> (formats[i]) == 0);
#endif

…snip…

#if JUCE_PLUGINHOST_VST && !(JUCE_MAC && JUCE_64BIT)
formats.add (new VSTPluginFormat());
#endif

…snip…
#endif
[/code]

I’m able to compile and link without errors. Am I missing a configuration step that would allow me to build and link without adding the extra guards in AudioPluginFormatManager?

Thanks in advance for any insight.

2

Well, VST isn’t supported in a 64-bit build, so it’s not surprising it’d fail to build. That’s a pretty good suggestion though, I’ll add something along those lines, thanks!

3

Sure. Glad to help. To clarify, 64 bit VST is not supported on Mac or Windows, correct? I’m running into a similar situation compiling a 64 bit build in Visual Studio 2008 with VST hosting enabled.

4

AFAIK 64-bit isn’t officially supported in VST2.x

5

That is the official statement from the Steinberg website:
http://www.steinberg.net/index.php?id=334&L=1

So it should be possible to build 64bit VST 2.4 plugins, both on Mac and Windows.

6

On windows it is working Ok

7

I wanted to update this thread with some more info regarding the issues I ran into compiling a 64 bit version of the JUCE library on Windows with VST hosting enabled. I got several identical compiler errors in juce_VSTPluginFormat.cpp:

The problem is that GWL_WNDPROC is not defined for a 64 bit compile (see WinUser.h line 1662)

To get rid of the compile errors I changed the Get/SetWindowLongPtr calls in juce_VSTPluginFormat.cpp file to use GWLP_WNDPROC, which is defined for 32 bit and 64 bit apps. This was the recommended approach in a Microsoft doc I found online:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms717063%28VS.85%29.aspx

8

Thanks - I already used the 64-bit version of those constants in other code, I must have forgotten to update the ones in the VST stuff. Will sort that out!

9

Hi Jules,

It looks there is still one leftover GWL_WNDPROC that did not get updated to a GWLP_WNDPROC. In the latest tip juce_VSTPluginFormat.cpp line 1459:

10

Aha! Thanks for spotting that!