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The unique thing to do...
"Use a fullScreen window rather than true fullscreen - enabled"
but in my case it's not a solution because the videos playback are choppy
My hardware:
AMD E2-1800 HD Radeon 7340.
Win7 64
So I need another alternative.
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I have this problem.
The screen goes blank when i try switching to full screen, and in windowed mode its ok.
However there is my observation. In windowed mode the screen is at 60Hz, and in full screen it changes to 24Hz.
Is that the reason? If this is it, how can i make sure it doesnt change? Is this something i need to set under my GPU (Radeon's software), or Kodi itself?
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Hi.
For OpenElec 8.0.2 - Krypton 17.3 - for me the solution:
Settings / System / Display -> Color Managment OFF
JB
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I too having an issue with the kodi going blank/black screen. Initially I thought it was hardware, driver and OS combination so I change things around but no luck.
I did somehow discovered that while kodi is running and I turn off the AV Receiver kodi looses the screen or turns black but everything seem to be working in the background well, sound and menu navigation.
My quick fix was to change kodi to window mode then back to full screen. By pressing backslash \ on the keyboard.
And when I turn my AVR on, it goes black again. Also if I switch HDMI output and come back to Kodi's HDMI port turns black.
What I have recently discovered was if I have a window explorer or even just a calculater floating in front of Kodi. I then switch hdmi, power off AVR it does not turn black.
Perhaps dev team can advise/suggest what I can do to resolve this. I have factory default both tv and avr already.
My setup is intel nuc NUC6i7KYK, Sony and yamaha av receiver.
Initially I thought it was OS so I use linux but that did not fix it so I went back to Win10 (my preference).
Hardware, I've changed it to a gigabyte board custom big clunker PC with asus video card and usb-cec from pulse-8.
Same TV and AV receiver, unfortunately I have no other tv or AVR to test just to budget constraint.
Also tried it with different version of KODI but prefer 17.6.
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I guess my problem is different. I have no issues playing videos under Kodi 17.6 .... my issue seems to be a blank screen when my Kodi server detects loss of the HDMI signal to my AVR. I have to reboot the server every time I switch my video input away from Kodi or shut off my AVR to get my fullscreen video back up and showing.
System: Boot Camped Mac Mini (Late 2014) with Intel Iris Graphics 5100 iGPU, 16GB RAM, 240GB SSD - Synology 1513+ 30TB NAS - Pioneer Elite SC-57 AVR - Sharp Elite PRO-70X5FD LCD - Canton CD 300 5.1 Surround Speakers
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Okay, I am having this same issue on 2 Kodi machines, one an old Toshiba laptop in my bedroom and a purpose built HTPC in the lounge. Both are running Windows 10, using integrated Intel graphics, both have been working perfectly for a number of years and both suddenly stopped working a few days ago. I believe this must be to do with the Fall Creators Update OR one of the more recent updates with regards to the Meltdown and Spectre viruses. Kodi has become completely useless on both systems with none of the "fixes" mentioned in this and other treads working. I have actually gone back to using my WDTV in the lounge, which is less than ideal, especially for anything with subtitles.
I seem to be experiencing all the issues mentioned here. Kodi shows up fine, but starting any video results in a black screen. If the video is stopped the screen stays black unless Kodi is killed off or put into window mode (i.e. taken out of full screen mode). The sound also goes for only a few seconds and then stops for a second before restarting.
This is extremely frustrating to say the least, and if my theory about the Windows updates is correct, will start affecting more and more systems as the updates come through. I would be interested in knowing whether the people currently experiencing this problem forced the latest updates as I did when I read about the Meltdown and Spectre viruses, as this may be the only reason that it is not more widely spread.