TV Displays Blank Screen When Viewing Hi-Def Files But Audio Still Plays
#1
I am a noob and don't have a lot of linux experience, so please be gentle.

Initially I setup my box with no problems.

I was able to play h.264 and it was working like a champ!

I decided a week later that I wanted to swap cases. When I swapped out the case I had to go through some initial setup again in XBMC - I found that I needed to install my NVIDIA again and recreate some of my audio and video settings within XBMC.

To upgrade:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Reboot

Install NVIDIA driver:

sudo nvidia-installer --update

Reboot

I found that after my case swap that I am unable to play hi def content - h.264 mkvs. My video rendering method is VDPAU. When I play a mkv I can hear audio, but no video comes through - the screen is black. If I play standard def content, it plays fine. If I change me video rendering method to GLSL my mkv will play, but not in hi def.

Here is some more info:

Video Output - HDMI

System Info - Video:
OpenGL vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL version: 3.2.0 NVIDIA 190.53

Playback Video Settings:
Render method: VDPAU

XBMC: XBMC Live 9.11
Ubuntu: Ubuntu 9.10
Zotac IONITX-B-E Intel Atom Nvidia ION Mini ITX MB
MB Specs: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/S...CatId=4618

xorg.conf: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASq2t...YmN2&hl=en

Debug: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASq2t...ZmNu&hl=en

I've seen a few posts that have somewhat similar problems, but not the exact same. In most cases updating the NVIDIA drive fixed everything...But I've done this and I still can't play hi def content. I've searched the forums and google and I can't seem to find the exact scenario nor am I able to figure out what's wrong...Hope someone can help.

Additional Info:

I should also add that I had some sort of corruption when I first started my box up after the case swap. I ran a fschk - Not sure if that means anything to the problem.
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#2
Anyone?
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#3
Set the ram reserved for the gpu to 512 mb in the bios.
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#4
How do I change it?
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#5
Tries adding VideoRam 524288 to my xorg.conf, but that doesn't fix my problem...Is there something else I can try?
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#6
Turn your computer on, press delete or whatever key gets you in the bios menu, change the appropriate setting (manual helps here), save settings and exit.
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#7
You were bang on the money bobo1on1!

My igpu frame buffer size was set to 64mb...Changed it to 512mb and it's working like a champ!

Thanks for the help!
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