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Unable to init SDL
Cannot start MythTV Player any version
dfishburn 2007-09-29, 18:40 #1
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Subject: Unable to init SDL
I unzipped the 5.0 pre-release which works on 2 other machines in the house.

I also tried the 4.1 release, same problem.

When I launch the app from it's current working directory (after unzipping it), I get a message box:
Unable to init SDL.
Couldn't initialize SDL.  Error message is 'No available video device'

I searched both this forum and google with no help.

WinXP SP2

Let me know what ever type of capturing I need to do to help debug this.

TIA,
Dave
dfishburn 2007-09-29, 22:37 #2
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I see there is a log file generated by default with a level of 3.

01:37:07 Main: MythTv Player v. 0.5.0, compiled: Sep 23 2007
01:37:07 Config: Config file parsed in 7ms
01:37:07 Main: Starting GUI thread
01:37:07 Main: Starting SDL loop and waiting for it to init
01:37:07 SDL_Loop: Initing SDL with YUV_HWACCEL=1
01:37:07 SDL_Loop: Couldn't initialize SDL. Error message is 'No available video device'
01:37:07 SDL_Loop: SDL init failed.
01:37:07 Main: Could not init SDL. Closing down
Mikkel (Administrator) 2007-09-30, 20:51 #3
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It is because the graphic library can't find your graphics card. My guess is that you are using a laptop with an "older" chipset ;)What hardware are you trying to run the player on?
Try reinstalling directx, and maybe reinstall your graphic drivers.
dfishburn 2007-10-03, 01:01 #4
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It is a desktop computer.
Pentium 4 - 2.4 Ghz
ATI Radeon 7000

The ATI driver is running the most current driver.  6.14.10.6462 (Mar 2004).

According to dxdiag.exe:
DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

I will try reinstalling each separately and see what happens.
Everything else is working fine on the computer, including games.
dfishburn 2007-10-03, 01:12 #5
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Well, well.
The ATI driver re-install seemed to do it.
I had already tried the reboot before I posted.
Things are working as expected now.
Thanks for the suggestion.
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