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XBMC menu is fine - full screen. When I select a movie or any other video playback the screen reduces to a square in the middle if the TV.
Setting / System / video output.
The only option which appears in the menu is Resolution. This is fixed as 1280x720p. No other options are available.
Android MX2 box.
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Hi the slash button '\' for windowed mode., set-up the resolution from that.
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Hi and thank you. Where do I find the / button?? Cheers
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If you don't have a keybaord or a remote equivalent, go to settings>system>video mode>windowed
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There is not settings>system>video ? I guess you'll have to wait on another MX2 user to help you out, or seek out the web support site for the box.
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I have the same problem, e.g., everything is fine, full screen until I playback a video or tv show. Shows entire video, but in a reduced size in the upper left hand corner. Have tried the " \ " and the Tab on keyboard solution, does not work in video playback. Have tried everything from reseting Kodi, to using zoom, 16x9, wide zoom, recalibration of screen etc. I did find when playing a video and pausing, go to onscreen settings, found a place to tic full screen. Again nothing.
It is not a tv or cable issue, as streaming videos appear full screen in that mode. Hopefully, someone will read this post and back to both of us with a solution.
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2015-07-14, 06:16
(This post was last modified: 2015-07-14, 06:19 by NaturalCory.)
I'm having the same problem
It just started happening yesterday
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Upgrade to Kodi Isengard RC or install the app SuperSu from Google play store to give the correct permissions to Kodi Helix.
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Use the force, Luke.
Most of those boxes already come rooted. If not, go find a community firmware that is already rooted and it probably won't require any special hacks to get Kodi working either, and will over-all be better. I'd check some place like freaktab.com
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2015-07-15, 06:35
(This post was last modified: 2015-07-15, 06:35 by NaturalCory.)
(system->settings->video acceleration - in advanced view)
disable amcodec
This isn't really a solution to the problem but it mades it work
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If the firmware you have is up to date then it should be a real solution, as MediaCodec can replace Amlogic codec completely. From what I'm told, once all the bugs are worked out, there will only be MediaCodec for Android.
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Thanks to Natural Cory, his solution worked.
Thanks
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Hi I had a similar problem but my video was massive just showing the top left quarter of the picture. Is what you've done a quick fix ? or is that a proper fix
