SDL2 Hello World tutorial closes with error - c++

Question

I'm developing in VS2013 on a Windows 8.1 machine. The window flashes briefly on the screen (despite having a 2 second delay in the code).
Here is all the code:
#include <SDL.h>
#include <iostream>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING) != 0){
std::cout << "SDL_Init Error: " << SDL_GetError() << std::endl;
return 4;
}
//open a window
SDL_Window *win = SDL_CreateWindow("Hello World!", 100, 100, 640, 480, SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN);
if (win == nullptr){
std::cout << "SDL_CreateWindow Error: " << SDL_GetError() << std::endl;
return 3;
}
//renderer
SDL_Renderer *ren = SDL_CreateRenderer(win, -1, SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED | SDL_RENDERER_PRESENTVSYNC);
if (ren == nullptr){
std::cout << "SDL_CreateRenderer Error: " << SDL_GetError() << std::endl;
return 2;
}
//load bitmap
SDL_Surface *bmp = SDL_LoadBMP("helloworld.jpg");
if (bmp == nullptr){
std::cout << "SDL_LoadBMP Error: " << SDL_GetError() << std::endl;
return 6;
}
SDL_Texture *tex = SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(ren, bmp);
SDL_FreeSurface(bmp);
if (tex == nullptr){
std::cout << "SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface Error: " << SDL_GetError() << std::endl;
return 5;
}
SDL_RenderClear(ren);
SDL_RenderCopy(ren, tex, NULL, NULL);
SDL_RenderPresent(ren);
SDL_Delay(2000);
return 0;
}
It exits with a code 6. I was thinking it couldn't find the helloworld.jpg file. But, its there. I moved it from location to location hoping I was just an idiot. No luck. Its currently in the same directory as the .exe file.

Answer 1

SDL_LoadBMP will only load BMP formatted pictures, and guessing by the extension you have chosen you look to be using a JPEG formatted image, and your program is refusing to load it.
see SDL_Image for one possible solution.