Are you upgrading your Dragonfly Java App from an old version to a new version?
Please read the important instructions inside this page!
1 – Install the requirements
Install ALL the requirements from these links:
- OpenJDK 11 (LTS)
- Visual C++ redistributable 2019
- Gstreamer MinGW Runtime – during the installation process:
- select CUSTOM.
- click on “GStreamer 1.0” and choose “ENTIRE FEATURES WILL BE INSTALLED ON LOCAL DRIVE“.
- take note of the location where Gstreamer will be installed (e.g. C:\gstreamer\). You will need it later.
2 – Add Gstreamer to the environment variables
- In Search, start typing “Environment Variables” and then click the Advanced system settings link.
- Click Environment Variables.
- In the section System Variables:
- if the
Pathenvironment variable exists, select it, click Edit. - if the
Pathenvironment variable does not exist, clickNew.
- if the
- In the Edit System Variable (or New System Variable) window, insert the path to the gstreamer executable. Assuming an installation of Gstreamer is inside C:\gstreamer\ then the path to add will have to be this:
- C:\gstreamer\1.0\mingw_x86_64\bin
- Click OK. Close all remaining windows by clicking OK.
3 – Install Dragonfly
Dragonfly is a Java application and this means that there is no need to install it. You can simply download Dragonfly from the link below, unzip it and then follow the relevant support pages to learn how to launch it