[stoli]

Is there any way to get it working? I dont know what I'm gonna do without it..

Posting you debug log will help tremendously in diagnosing your problem...

It would be nice to know why XBMC is crashing only on the provided Windows 7 drivers. I've got a ATI card, 9550, that ran everything great in XP. Windows 7 auto installed a upgraded driver, and it crashes of course, but with that driver, everythign else works flawless, even WoW, etc.

I tried using an older driver, but windows 7 auto installs the latest after I install the old one. This sucks, guess I'll have to wait for the xbmc team to make xbmc work with windows 7. This is so disappointing. I'm not going back to Vista, looks like I'll have to find a new mediacenter that works on Windows 7.

As has been mentioned MANY times in other threads, Microsoft typically does not supply video drivers that support OpenGL versions higher then 1.1. You must download the drivers from ATI, Intel or nidia directly or XBMC will not work.

This isn't an XBMC issue, it's a Microsoft issue. OpenGL 2.0 was released in 2004 and Microsoft has never added support to the video drivers it distributes with the OS.

-stoli-

[stoli]

natethomas: if time allows would be nice if you could test r19978.

Thanks,
WiSo

I tried this WiSo but can't get the build to install at all... As soon as the next built comes out, I'll give it a shot.

Thanks,
-stoli-

[Drizz]

Posting you debug log will help tremendously in diagnosing your problem...





As has been mentioned MANY times in other threads, Microsoft typically does not supply video drivers that support OpenGL versions higher then 1.1. You must download the drivers from ATI, Intel or nidia directly or XBMC will not work.

This isn't an XBMC issue, it's a Microsoft issue. OpenGL 2.0 was released in 2004 and Microsoft has never added support to the video drivers it distributes with the OS.

-stoli-

Answers:

@Drizz: if you go to the Device Manager, find your card under Display adapters, right click on it, and click properties, then click on the Driver tab, you should be able to "Roll Back" to the previous driver. Before you do that, though, try to get the latest driver from the manufacturer and see if that helps.

I did download the latest driver from intel. Xbmc still doesnt work. I tried the rollback feature already and it didnt help. I decided to completely uninstall the driver and reinstall using the latest driver from the intel download center. Still no go. I even tried installing the driver with vista compatibility enabled. I dont know what else I can do. Some people are saying use an older driver some are saying use the newest. I have tried both. Everytime I try to install an older driver windows 7 automatically updates it to the newest from MS.

Here's my log:

Code:

13:16:02 T:3540 M:492539904  NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
13:16:02 T:3540 M:492400640  NOTICE: Starting XBMC, Platform: Windows  build 7100.  Built on Apr  4 2009 (SVN:19218, compiler 1500)
13:16:02 T:3540 M:492400640  NOTICE: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  T2330  @ 1.60GHz
13:16:02 T:3540 M:492400640  NOTICE: Desktop Resolution: 1280x800 32Bit at 60Hz
13:16:02 T:3540 M:492400640  NOTICE: special://xbmc/ is mapped to: C:\Program Files\XBMC
13:16:02 T:3540 M:492400640  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/ is mapped to: C:\Users\Josh\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata
13:16:02 T:3540 M:492400640  NOTICE: special://home/ is mapped to: C:\Users\Josh\AppData\Roaming\XBMC
13:16:02 T:3540 M:492400640  NOTICE: special://temp/ is mapped to: C:\Users\Josh\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\cache
13:16:02 T:3540 M:492400640  NOTICE: The executable running is: C:\Program Files\XBMC\XBMC.exe
13:16:02 T:3540 M:492400640  NOTICE: Log File is located: C:\Users\Josh\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\xbmc.log
13:16:02 T:3540 M:492400640  NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
13:16:02 T:3540 M:492457984  NOTICE: Setup SDL
13:16:03 T:3540 M:490831872  NOTICE: load settings...
13:16:03 T:3540 M:490823680  NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
13:16:03 T:3540 M:490819584  NOTICE: loading special://masterprofile/guisettings.xml
13:16:03 T:3540 M:490831872  NOTICE: Getting hardware information now...
13:16:03 T:3540 M:490831872  NOTICE: Checking resolution 10
13:16:03 T:3540 M:490831872  NOTICE: Setting autoresolution mode 12
13:16:03 T:3540 M:490815488  NOTICE: No advancedsettings.xml to load (special://masterprofile/advancedsettings.xml)
13:16:03 T:3540 M:490815488  NOTICE: Default DVD Player: dvdplayer
13:16:03 T:3540 M:490815488  NOTICE: Default Video Player: dvdplayer
13:16:03 T:3540 M:490815488  NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
13:16:03 T:3540 M:490807296  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/sources.xml
13:16:03 T:3540 M:490422272  NOTICE: GL_VENDOR = Microsoft Corporation
13:16:03 T:3540 M:490422272  NOTICE: GL_RENDERER = GDI Generic
13:16:03 T:3540 M:490422272  NOTICE: GL_VERSION = 1.1.0
13:16:03 T:3540 M:490422272  NOTICE: GL_EXTENSIONS = GL_WIN_swap_hint GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_paletted_texture

[stoli]

13:16:03 T:3540 M:490422272 NOTICE: GL_VENDOR = Microsoft Corporation
13:16:03 T:3540 M:490422272 NOTICE: GL_RENDERER = GDI Generic
13:16:03 T:3540 M:490422272 NOTICE: GL_VERSION = 1.1.0

This shows you are still running the Microsoft driver with only the 1.1 support of OpenGL.

What's you specific model of Intel video?

-stoli-

[Drizz]

This shows you are still running the Microsoft driver with only the 1.1 support of OpenGL.

What's you specific model of Intel video?

-stoli-

Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family (Microsoft Corporation - Prerelease WDDM 1.1

^ That what you were asking for?

[stoli]

Mobile Intel® 965 Express Chipset Family (Microsoft Corporation - Prerelease WDDM 1.1

^ That what you were asking for?

Did some homework for you... From Intel:

OpenGL 1.5 is the latest version currently supported by the Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Drivers on this chipset. Drivers that come with Windows or that are downloaded from Windows Update typically do not support OpenGL. For optimal performance of OpenGL applications, install the latest graphics drivers from Intel. Also, exit any running background applications or programs that run in the Windows task bar.

Here's a link for the correct drivers:

http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-025753.htm

Edit: If that link doesn't work, try this one

-stoli-

[natethomas]

@Drizz: First off, no one is telling you to use old drivers. I was simply telling you to roll them back, because, based on what you were saying, it sounded like the old ones were working. Newer is almost always better.

Alright, try reading and downloading the drivers from this website.

http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/in...023713.htm

I recommend downloading the Mobile driver, rather than the regular driver, since that's what you have.

Edit: Beat me to it, stoli!

[Drizz]

Thanks for the links and all the help guys. I appreciate it so much. I'm doing some reading and hopefully I pick the right driver on that page and get XBMC working again.

@natethomas I wasn't referring to you. I had been searching google for my problem and people on other forums and msg boards were talking about using old drivers.

[Drizz]

Well those "Download" links on that page arent to an actual file. It just takes me through the driver update utility everytime, and I end up back with the same driver I already have. Tis a nightmare...

[stoli]

Well those "Download" links on that page arent to an actual file. It just takes me through the driver update utility everytime, and I end up back with the same driver I already have. Tis a nightmare...

Use the second link I posted - you just have to click agree and then download the .exe file.

-stoli-

[Drizz]

OMG! It works now. Funny, I had already downloaded that file earlier today. I think where I went wrong is I uninstalled the driver, restarted, then tried to install that driver, but it just kept pulling the driver from MS. All I did this time was install over the last driver, restarted and it works perfectly now. I hate messing with drivers..

Thanks again for going out of your way to help me.

[stoli]

natethomas: if time allows would be nice if you could test r19978.

Thanks,
WiSo

That one did the trick:



Hopefully that will help a lot of people out and cut down on some of the "It doesn't work" posts (doubtful)

You may want to add in there "...your video card vendor" just to be a little more specific for people.

Thanks,
-stoli-

[doogly]

Ok, so I'm having this EXACT same problem. I get this dialog box:

So I tried following the above instructions, and unfortunately, I can't seem to get the proper drivers. I have a Mobile Intel® 945 Express Chipset Family (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM 1.0) and my version is 8.15.10.1662. When I try and install the drivers (selecting Vista Ultimate 32 bit as my O.S.) it tells my that I have the current driver and am I sure I want to revert to an older version, by a significant amount I might add. Any suggestions? It just seems like I don't have the right OpenGL support or something. BTW, I installed the absolute latest build, still nothing (although it wasn't even starting up beforehand, with the latest build it starts up, I just get the above dialog box)

[MegaSam]

So it seems that anyone using "legacy" ATI Radeon cards cannot use XBMC in windows 7. As ati/amd has put the following video cards under legacy support and is not providing windows 7 drivers.
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/wi...ng=English
ATI Radeon 9500 Series
ATI Radeon 9550 Series
ATI Radeon 9600 Series
ATI Radeon 9700 Series
ATI Radeon 9800 Series
ATI Radeon X300 Series
ATI Radeon X550 Series
ATI Radeon X600 Series
ATI Radeon X700 Series
ATI Radeon X800 Series
ATI Radeon X850 Series
ATI Radeon X1050 Series
ATI Radeon X1300 Series
ATI Radeon X1550 Series
ATI Radeon X1600 Series
ATI Radeon X1650 Series
ATI Radeon X1800 Series
ATI Radeon X1900 Series
ATI Radeon Xpress Series
ATI Radeon X1200 Series
ATI Radeon X1250 Series
ATI Radeon X2100 Series
All these cards do not have windows 7 support therefore XBMC will not run. But microsoft has drivers supporting these cards not amd :confused2:

[natethomas]

I'm not sure if this will help, but Vista drivers work under Windows 7 for ATI. That's what I'm using right now.