[wooshie]

Hello,

I'm new to the forum and as a user of XMBC. I downed it and installed it on a Windows Vista 32-bit pc with directx 9.0 installed. XMBC doesn't even open on my system. It crashes right away. Can anyone explain to me what I'm doing wrong.

Is a 64 vista copy mandatory??

[jmarshall]

Hi there and welcome to the forums.

A debug log will tell you - check your app data folder. See my sig for details.

It's almost certainly due to crappy opengl drivers - make sure you have the latest GL drivers for your card, and you're not doing something silly like running over remote desktop.

Cheers,
Jonathan

[althekiller]

Just to elaborate, you should use the drivers from your GFX mfr, not from Windows or windows update.

[wooshie]

It's almost certainly due to crappy opengl drivers - make sure you have the latest GL drivers for your card, and you're not doing something silly like running over remote desktop.

Cheers,
Jonathan

ok, so I looked it up and searched foir opengl drivers for my card but didn't find any. I have a NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 with currently the Windows Vista found driver installed. Can you give me some help on how to find the right driver for my card??

Regards,

Wooshie

[matt_cyr]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_93.71_2.html

edit:
if that doesn't work for vista, maybe try drivers from here?
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1537

[wooshie]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_93.71_2.html

edit:
if that doesn't work for vista, maybe try drivers from here?
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1537

I Downed the vista files and installed it, rebooted, still doesn't start. Any other ideas?!

PS: This is he l;og in my appdata folder

21:06:33 T:2828 M:633585664 NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
21:06:33 T:2828 M:633585664 INFO: Using analog output
21:06:33 T:2828 M:633585664 INFO: AC3 pass through is enabled
21:06:33 T:2828 M:633585664 INFO: DTS pass through is enabled
21:06:33 T:2828 M:633585664 NOTICE: Checking resolution 10
21:06:33 T:2828 M:633585664 NOTICE: Setting autoresolution mode 12
21:06:33 T:2828 M:633532416 NOTICE: C:\Users\Wouter\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\sources.xml
21:06:33 T:2828 M:633528320 ERROR: CSettings::Load Error loading C:\Users\Wouter\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\sources.xml: Line 0, Failed to open file
21:06:33 T:2828 M:633491456 INFO: Checking skinpath existence, and existence of keymap.xml:Q:\skin...
21:06:33 T:2828 M:633487360 DEBUG: Constructing surface 1024x768, shared=00000000, fullscreen=1
21:06:33 T:2828 M:633753600 INFO: GL_VENDOR = Microsoft Corporation
21:06:33 T:2828 M:633753600 INFO: GL_RENDERER = GDI Generic
21:06:33 T:2828 M:633753600 INFO: GL_VERSION = 1.1.0
21:06:33 T:2828 M:633753600 INFO: GL_EXTENSIONS = GL_WIN_swap_hint GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_paletted_texture
21:06:33 T:2828 M:633712640 INFO: load language info file: C:\Program Files\XBMC\language\English\langinfo.xml

[tslayer]

Are you in 32bpp?

[wooshie]

Are you in 32bpp?

don't exactly know what you mean. It is a Vista 32-bit version. Is that what you mean...sorry...

[tslayer]

Google usually helps when you don't understand...

I'll leave it to you to find out

[star_thoughts]

21:06:33 T:2828 M:633753600 INFO: GL_VENDOR = Microsoft Corporation
21:06:33 T:2828 M:633753600 INFO: GL_RENDERER = GDI Generic
21:06:33 T:2828 M:633753600 INFO: GL_VERSION = 1.1.0

Looks like you're still using the Vista found driver. Checking NVidia's site, it looks like there is no vendor developed driver for GeForce4 cards on Vista, so if you can't find a compatible driver at the second link given above or on Google, then you'll likely have to upgrade your video card.

[wooshie]

Google usually helps when you don't understand...

I'll leave it to you to find out

i think, the drivers are still wrong, gives a attentionmark and I have no properties, so the 32bpp setting is nowhere to be found

[wildcardab]

I'm having the same problem except there isn't even a log created.

Code:

C:\Documents and Settings\adam\Application Data>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 700B-3263

Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\adam\Application Data

04/03/2008  12:13 AM    <DIR>          Adobe
09/23/2008  12:53 PM    <DIR>          Apple Computer
05/01/2008  09:44 PM    <DIR>          ATI
04/03/2008  02:33 AM    <DIR>          Creative
10/18/2008  11:03 PM    <DIR>          dvdcss
08/15/2008  12:55 PM    <DIR>          Help
04/03/2008  02:10 AM    <DIR>          Identities
04/30/2008  10:22 PM    <DIR>          Launchy
04/03/2008  12:13 AM    <DIR>          Macromedia
01/11/2002  01:27 AM    <DIR>          Move Networks
04/03/2008  12:12 AM    <DIR>          Mozilla
04/22/2008  11:20 PM    <DIR>          uICE
05/01/2008  09:27 AM    <DIR>          uTorrent
05/01/2008  10:03 PM    <DIR>          vlc
04/05/2008  11:16 AM    <DIR>          Winamp
               0 File(s)              0 bytes
              15 Dir(s)  52,182,577,152 bytes free

C:\Documents and Settings\adam\Application Data>

I use XP Pro SP3 and have a Radeon 9600 running the 8.10 drivers (latest) connected to a TV via s-video. Set to 800x600x32.

Same problem for me, when I start xbmc it just instantly crashes.