Black Screen when fullscreening

I have a windows server r2 box running xbmc. It was fine until i updated to 12.1. Now every now and again when i play a movie xbmc will freeze but I can hear the audio. It also seems unstable, the iPad can't connect to it. Its very annoying. I have the hardware accelerator and the sync with refresh rate disabled. any ideas?

(2013-03-28 04:43)Paradoxgrowth Wrote:  I have a windows server r2 box running xbmc. It was fine until i updated to 12.1. Now every now and again when i play a movie xbmc will freeze but I can hear the audio. It also seems unstable, the iPad can't connect to it. Its very annoying. I have the hardware accelerator and the sync with refresh rate disabled. any ideas?

Totally different issue than what's being discussed in this thread. Please make a new thread for it.

(2012-12-10 18:54)joecooper84 Wrote:  In the past I've fixed this by updating the Direct X patches. I know the XBMC installer is supposed to install the latest, but for some reason it doesn't always work.

Close all apps and reboot so nothing is loaded, THEN install the patch (http://www.filehippo.com/download_directx/) then reboot again to complete install.

+1
Following these precise instructions fixed the black screen issue for full screen with audio only for me.
My System is
Dell Laptop Studio 1558
XBMC Frodo 12.1
Win 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
ATI Radeon HD5470
I had tried all previous suggestions in this thread upto this suggestion, so this fix may require one the other suggestions inconjunction with this to make it work, I cannot tell. But I'm working again.

Many thanks

(2013-03-30 20:57)pjg_pigeon Wrote:  

(2012-12-10 18:54)joecooper84 Wrote:  In the past I've fixed this by updating the Direct X patches. I know the XBMC installer is supposed to install the latest, but for some reason it doesn't always work.

Close all apps and reboot so nothing is loaded, THEN install the patch (http://www.filehippo.com/download_directx/) then reboot again to complete install.

+1
Following these precise instructions fixed the black screen issue for full screen with audio only for me.
My System is
Dell Laptop Studio 1558
XBMC Frodo 12.1
Win 7 Home Premium (64 bit)
ATI Radeon HD5470
I had tried all previous suggestions in this thread upto this suggestion, so this fix may require one the other suggestions inconjunction with this to make it work, I cannot tell. But I'm working again.

Many thanks

When i try to install this patch it asks for a directory. I choose C:\Windows\System32. Is this correct? cause im still having black screen with audio in full screen.

Guys!

98% of you all use AMD/ATI graphics, so if you have not, UPDATE to latest drivers/chipset and so on, and see if that does something.

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to share my experience with this issue. I am also using an ATI Radeon HD 5450 (although I swear it said something else before doing what I did) on Windows 7 Home Premium. I am not sure exactly how I got it working because I did a few things at the same time but I will tell you what I did.

First I went into device manager and tried to update my video card drivers. It said it was up to date. So I uninstalled the driver, rebooted, and then re-installed, rebooted. (this is where i think the video card name changed, but I can be wrong, its early morning and not enough coffee)

I then opened XBMC and I still had the problem with the black screen on full window mode.

Opened settings> video> playback and changed the following settings:
Render method : Auto Detect
Adjust Display Refresh Rate to Match Movie: Always

Shut down XBMC. Restarted it, and Voila! It worked after that.

Just to mention some other settings (which I havent tested yet if they play into my situation) but I have Allow Hardware Accelleration set to Off, and now since the fix, I can play in windowed mode or full mode (resolution set to 1600 x 900)