Compiling Source Code

[Thebobz]

How to compile the source code?

I tried with Visual Studio 2010 but several errors of include appeared, like: "Cannot open include file: 'd3d8.h'".
But there's DirectX 11 installed. Do I need to download DirectX 8 too?
If I can compile it, how to proceed? What should appear after compilation?

Can MilkDrop work without any relationship with winamp, like independent program?
If yes, how? How to "set" the song/music that I want to visualize.
If no, that's what I suspected, because he's a plug-in and of course need, mandatorily, of Winamp.

Thank you.