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[pygame] Default SDL_VIDEODRIVER for Windows XP is now windib

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Subject: [pygame] Default SDL_VIDEODRIVER for Windows XP is now windib
From: "Jason M. Marshall" <jmm0@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 05:44:52 -0700 (PDT)
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To resolve issue #31, I have changed the default SDL_VIDEODRIVER setting for Windows XP from directx to windib. This improves compatibility with newer hardware. (directx means DirectX 5 from 1997, which is not supported well by hardware manufacturers nowadays.) For details, read this page:

https://bitbucket.org/pygame/pygame/issue/31/pygameerror-no-available-video-device

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