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08/03/2010 10:58:53

Muvizu_AdminMuvizu staff
Muvizu_Admin
Posts: 100 		Hi orangequant,

Thanks for getting in touch with us, we're not sure why you've not been able to find the icon to open it. It should be located at Start -> Programs -> Muvizu. At present we don't create desktop or quick launch icons for Muvizu but this is an feature we may add to our installer at some point in the future. If it's not on the start menu could you let us know and we'll look into that further.

If you're getting an error message about shader model 2.0 it means that, unfortuently, you're graphics card isn't up to running Muvizu. You should double check the graphics card in your computer against the specifications on our download page (http://www.muvizu.com/Information/Download.aspx) but you should have at minimum an Nvidia 7800 GTX or ATI 1300 graphics card.

Here are a few extra resources on shader model 2.0:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090527095833AAIF0db
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_get_shader_model_2

Hoepfully this won't put you off Muvizu,
The Muvizu Team
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09/03/2010 11:04:18

Muvizu_AdminMuvizu staff
Muvizu_Admin
Posts: 100 		Hi Orangequant,

I took a look at the graphics card you've listed and it says it supports shader model 3.0 (which means it should support shader model 2.0) and you can take a look for yourself at http://ati.amd.com/products/RadeonX1300/specs.html

The ATI X1300 is listed as the minimum specification of graphics card for Muvizu so it should run, but it may only just run considering it is the minimum.

Muvizu can't advise if you should or should not buy that graphics card, it needs to be your choice - but it may be worth spending a bit more to get a higher spec graphics card that will last you a bit longer. Computing and especially 3D graphics technology is pressing forward all the time, so if you get the minimum graphics card now you may end up in the same situation of having to upgrade again relativly soon if you take the minimum spec card compared to taking a slightly higher spec card now.

Thanks,
The Muvizu Team
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16/04/2010 17:59:59

acro9977
acro9977
Posts: 1 		i have the same problem apart from the shader thing and graphics card the 2 things i can find are launcher and muvizu and as orangequant sais they dont work i installed it in the d drive so it doesn't come up in the start menu which is c drive how do i start it
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17/04/2010 16:37:37

CrazyDaveMuvizu staff
CrazyDave
Posts: 118 		Hiya acro9977,

I have no idea why there would not be a shortcut created in your start menu (we'll look into it), but you are looking for a file called "muvizu.exe" that should be in a folder called "Binaries" that itself should be in a folder called "Muvizu". On my machine with a default installation the full path is C:\Program Files\Muvizu\Binaries\Muvizu.exe". Perhaps you could use the Windows Explorer (i.e. My Computer) "Search" function to find Muvizu.exe on your machine. Otherwise you could un-install and then re-install the application to somewhere that you will be able to find afterwards.

Hope this helps!

Dave.
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