Bug Report Need to Upgrade MSVC Support

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Fenrir

Fenrir

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The redistributables work fine on windows 10.

And what crashes are you referring to? I'm not aware of any crashes currently that are caused by MSVC. Can you source them?
 
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SumDim

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Its common sense when you ship software, you support the operating system that Microsoft runtimes are built for. If you don't, you face problems down the line.

Look at the posts that are being made with crash logs in them. A lot of these crash logs I see have Win 10 builds and failing at point of MSVC run time. Many of them go unanswered because nobody knows WTF is going on. The only thing I can see in common is that the 2013 redistribution does not support Windows 10.

Let Jim decide on if a recompile needs to be done. I am just leaving feedback into a possible problem that I see occurring whenever I read crash log type of posts.
 
Fenrir

Fenrir

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Please provide sources, because while the MSVC modules might be part of the crashed thread, they're probably not the cause.

I'm not saying you're wrong and they shouldn't be updated, I'm saying using that as an excuse is just not true.
 
Fenrir

Fenrir

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Yes, and I'm one of the main volunteer support members who spends countless hours helping people with crashes. I haven't seen anything that shows MSVC is causing crashes because it's out of date.

So please, just provide a few links so I can take a look and see what's going on.

Again, I'm not saying we shouldn't update. You also need to understand that OBS still has a very large user base that is on Windows 7, and suddenly demanding that everyone install a second set of dependencies just for an update is an extremely bad idea. If you're a software developer, you should understand this point. If an update were going to happen, it needs to be for a very good reason.
 
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SumDim

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So you are one of the software devs that contribute to open source on OBS Studio? I don't see your name in the contribution list.
 
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SumDim

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R1CH: How can you say that. Microsoft doesn't even support VC 2013 on Windows 10 and does not guarantee it. I surely wouldn't build software based on a non-guarantee.

What is so difficult in building for VC 2015. All you have to do is detect the Windows version at startup and see if the right VC distributables are installed. If not, put up a dialog box telling them to go update at Microsoft.

VC 2015 is backwards compatible. It supports Win7, Win10. This is a much safer route to go.

But if you guys want to do that, thats your preference. I'm just the messenger.
 
Fenrir

Fenrir

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Locking this thread as you refuse to provide any evidence to support your claims. Feel free to message me directly with crash logs and evidence and we will take a look in earnest.
 
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