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Leo8978 · (This post was last modified: 2012-03-15, 15:43 by Leo8978.)

Hi All, I've been a happy XBMC user for about 7 months with no issues, until now. The problem is that some movies that use to play fine are now just showing a black screen with audio. If I press the / button on the keyboard to switch to windowed mode, it plays fine. Is anyone else experiencing this or have a solution? Here are some more details.

XBMC Eden rc2
Widows 7 64bit
Media (2TB external USB HD)

Thanks

**kricker** · 2012-03-15, 16:35

So something between when it was working and now has changed. What was that? Did you just merely install Eden RC2? Changed graphic drivers? Changed display settings within XBMC? Capture a log with debugging turned on and post it on pastebin and link it here.

Leo8978 · (This post was last modified: 2012-03-15, 18:28 by Leo8978.)

(2012-03-15, 16:35)kricker Wrote: So something between when it was working and now has changed. What was that? Did you just merely install Eden RC2? Changed graphic drivers? Changed display settings within XBMC? Capture a log with debugging turned on and post it on pastebin and link it here.

It happened with a couple of movies when I was on Dharma as well. I thought it just had something to do with those 2 movies since everything else was playing fine. I recently upgrades to RC2 and have played movies with no problems until this morning. I put on Beauty and the beast for my daughter, and it was fine for about 10 minutes and then the screen went black. I switched to windowed mode and it was fine. I tried a few other movies and the problem seems to be with some movie encoded in AVC1, but not all of them. I don't remember changing any graphics drivers. Here is the link to my log file.

http://pastebin.com/ambCgJ2Q

Hope I did that right...lol

**kricker** · (This post was last modified: 2012-03-15, 18:31 by kricker.)

I don't think you did. The pastebin link is not working. Try to give it another whirl.

Leo8978 · 2012-03-15, 18:34

(2012-03-15, 18:30)kricker Wrote: I don't think you did. The pastebin link is not working. Try to give it another whirl.

lol....how about now

http://pastebin.com/abmCgJ2Q

jhsrennie · 2012-03-15, 19:13

XBMC is changing the refresh rate to 50Hz to play the movie, and I would guess your TV doesn't support this, and that's why it blanks. The next question is why XBMC is choosing a 50Hz refresh rate, and this I don't know.

To test if the refresh rate change is the cause of the problem, go into System settings, Video, Playback and disable "Adjust refresh rate to match video".

JR

Leo8978 · 2012-03-15, 19:28

(2012-03-15, 19:13)jhsrennie Wrote: XBMC is changing the refresh rate to 50Hz to play the movie, and I would guess your TV doesn't support this, and that's why it blanks. The next question is why XBMC is choosing a 50Hz refresh rate, and this I don't know.

To test if the refresh rate change is the cause of the problem, go into System settings, Video, Playback and disable "Adjust refresh rate to match video".

JR

I did as you suggested, and the movie is playing fine now in fullscreen. I also tries a few others that wouldn't play in fullscreen earlier, and those are working fine as well. Thank you very much!

blue_planet · 2013-07-04, 14:48

(2012-03-15, 19:13)jhsrennie Wrote: XBMC is changing the refresh rate to 50Hz to play the movie, and I would guess your TV doesn't support this, and that's why it blanks. The next question is why XBMC is choosing a 50Hz refresh rate, and this I don't know.

To test if the refresh rate change is the cause of the problem, go into System settings, Video, Playback and disable "Adjust refresh rate to match video".

JR

I did as you suggested and still black screen when watching in full screen, there is any other solution you may know?