Debuggin steps are unclear or not correct

[alexeynl]

I'm stuck at this point:

Right-click on the solution, And click on Add -> Existing Project...
Locate Jellyfin executable in your installation folder and click on 'Open'. It is called Jellyfin.exe. Now The solution will have a new "Project" called Jellyfin. This is the executable, not the source code of Jellyfin.

1. I have downloaded released version of server from https://jellyfin.org/downloads/windows/
2. Unziped content of the archive . There is no Jellyfin.exe in it. It has instead jellyfin.exe
3. I coud not choose executable file at Add existing project dialog box, only csproj file. But downloaded archive does not contains it.

What i'm doing wrong?

[alexeynl]

Also i can't figured out why terms Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio mixed at the same time:

These are the different things.

I have downloaded latest Visual Studio instead Visual Studio Code to check solution exlorer. It does not have Add -> Existing Project.

Any help?

[T-Gander]

I would recommend learning more about these tools before continuing as I can see fundamental misunderstandings of how to use Visual Studio here.

There are two avenues in the readme for setting up the project which is why we have entries for Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code.

I have not used Visual Studio for debugging Jellyfin. But this help guide should help you attach the exe at least.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/how-to-debug-an-executable-not-part-of-a-visual-studio-solution?view=vs-2022