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Xbmc video too dark - Smallville - 2014-09-18
Hi all , i have XBMC installed on my xubuntu 14.04 with kernel 16.1 and all works really great no tearing nothing all perfect execpt the video quality is too dark. I use the kodi version coneected to my TV 32" lg. If i boot xbmc on my windows 7 the video quality is really good no dark picture but on my xubuntu the video is a litle dark how can i fix that ? I have the mesa drivers installed on xubuntu. How can i fix this ?
Thx
RE: Xbmc video too dark - ulibuck - 2014-09-18
Maybe you need to "Use limited color range (16-235)" in Settings / Video Output
RE: Xbmc video too dark - FernetMenta - 2014-09-18
or you have graphics driver set to limited and tv to full range.
RE: Xbmc video too dark - Smallville - 2014-09-18
(2014-09-18, 17:02)ulibuck Wrote: Maybe you need to "Use limited color range (16-235)" in Settings / Video Output
yes I've tried that, but the colors are littles washesd and not that good like on windows 7 whithout change anything.
(2014-09-18, 20:40)FernetMenta Wrote: or you have graphics driver set to limited and tv to full range.
How i can see if my graphics card are set to limited ?
Thx
RE: Xbmc video too dark - fritsch - 2014-09-18
Start with a Debug Log for now nobody even knows what hardware you are running.
On intel hw this can be changed
On AMD hardware with mesa drivers there is no possibility to change the color range.
RE: Xbmc video too dark - Smallville - 2014-09-18
(2014-09-18, 22:30)fritsch Wrote: Start with a Debug Log for now nobody even knows what hardware you are running.
On intel hw this can be changed
On AMD hardware with mesa drivers there is no possibility to change the color range.
How i insert the debug log on forum ?
Thx
RE: Xbmc video too dark - Martijn - 2014-09-18
Read: Debug Log
RE: Xbmc video too dark - Smallville - 2014-09-18
Here's my Debug Log
Thx
RE: Xbmc video too dark - fritsch - 2014-09-19
Yeah AMD GPU with bleeding edge mesa drivers (that won't make fun).
The only solution you have is
a) Either sett your TV to full color range
b) Use that Limit Color Range setting in xbmc
OSS amd driver can only output Full RGB. You can file this bug at bugs.freedesktop.org if you want.
RE: Xbmc video too dark - Smallville - 2014-09-19
(2014-09-19, 07:40)fritsch Wrote: Yeah AMD GPU with bleeding edge mesa drivers (that won't make fun).
The only solution you have is
a) Either sett your TV to full color range
b) Use that Limit Color Range setting in xbmc
OSS amd driver can only output Full RGB. You can file this bug at bugs.freedesktop.org if you want.
So the problem is in the mesa drivers right ? And if i install the last catalyst driver from amd website i can fix the problem? Or is the same thing?
Thx
RE: Xbmc video too dark - fritsch - 2014-09-19
You have a setting there to change the color output to rgb limited, yes.
But fglrx does not support hw acceleration - so your video playback will only be CPU accelerated.
RE: Xbmc video too dark - Smallville - 2014-09-19
(2014-09-19, 12:08)fritsch Wrote: You have a setting there to change the color output to rgb limited, yes.
But fglrx does not support hw acceleration - so your video playback will only be CPU accelerated.
I understand but what are the differences between CPU accelerated and GPU accelerated?
Thx
RE: Xbmc video too dark - koenkv - 2016-07-18
I have the same problem
If I play a movie with kodi its too dark
If I play the same movie with vlc the colors are normal
what is the problem and how can I fix it?
RE: Xbmc video too dark - fritsch - 2016-07-18
Post your Debug Log or post somewhere else.
RE: Xbmc video too dark - McButton - 2016-07-21
....also. ...try adjusting your actual TV or displays settings based on the test pattern tool in Kodi settings. Sometimes it's the simple fixes that are the answer.