diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-windows-msvc.yml b/.github/workflows/build-windows-msvc.yml
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+name: build-test-windows-msvc-on-push
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build-cmake-msvc:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Restore from cache and setup vcpkg executable and data files.
+        uses: lukka/run-vcpkg@v11
+        with:
+          vcpkgJsonGlob: 'vcpkg.json'
+
+      - name: Setup MSVC
+        uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
+
+      - name: Configure C/C++ with CMake
+        run: |
+          cmake --preset vcpkg-ninja
+
+      - name: Build with Ninja
+        run: |
+          cmake --build build
+
+      - name: Install MLT
+        run: |
+          cmake --install build
diff --git a/CMakePresets.json b/CMakePresets.json
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+++ b/CMakePresets.json
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+{
+    "version": 3,
+    "configurePresets": [
+        {
+            "name": "vcpkg",
+            "displayName": "vcpkg config",
+            "description": "Configure with vcpkg toolchain",
+            "binaryDir": "${sourceDir}/build",
+            "toolchainFile": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake",
+            "cacheVariables": {
+                "BUILD_TESTING": "OFF",
+                "SWIG_PYTHON": "OFF",
+                "MOD_AVFORMAT": "OFF",
+                "MOD_DECKLINK": "OFF",
+                "MOD_FREI0R": "OFF",
+                "MOD_GDK": "OFF",
+                "MOD_JACKRACK": "OFF",
+                "USE_LV2": "OFF",
+                "USE_VST2": "OFF",
+                "MOD_KDENLIVE": "OFF",
+                "MOD_NDI": "OFF",
+                "MOD_NORMALIZE": "OFF",
+                "MOD_OLDFILM": "OFF",
+                "MOD_OPENCV": "OFF",
+                "MOD_MOVIT": "OFF",
+                "MOD_PLUS": "OFF",
+                "MOD_PLUSGPL": "OFF",
+                "MOD_QT6": "OFF",
+                "MOD_SOX": "OFF",
+                "MOD_GLAXNIMATE_QT6": "OFF",
+                "MOD_RESAMPLE": "OFF",
+                "MOD_RTAUDIO": "OFF",
+                "MOD_RUBBERBAND": "OFF",
+                "MOD_SDL2": "ON",
+                "MOD_DOX": "OFF",
+                "MOD_VIDSTAB": "OFF",
+                "MOD_VORBIS": "OFF",
+                "MOD_XINE": "OFF",
+                "MOD_XML": "OFF"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "vcpkg-ninja",
+            "inherits": "vcpkg",
+            "generator": "Ninja"
+      }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/vcpkg-configuration.json b/vcpkg-configuration.json
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+++ b/vcpkg-configuration.json
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+{
+  "default-registry": {
+    "kind": "git",
+    "baseline": "cfcbdb245f1179a5a493890a0b69531d66969e62",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg"
+  },
+  "registries": [
+    {
+      "kind": "artifact",
+      "location": "https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg-ce-catalog/archive/refs/heads/main.zip",
+      "name": "microsoft"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
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+++ b/vcpkg.json
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+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vcpkg-tool/main/docs/vcpkg.schema.json",
+  "name": "mlt",
+  "dependencies": [
+    "dirent",
+    "dlfcn-win32",
+    "libiconv",
+    "pkgconf",
+    "pthreads",
+    "sdl2"
+  ]
+}