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I'm trying to get the auto-adjust refresh-rate option to work on my xbmc live install.
It all seems to work, apart from 1 annoying thing, when I start a file to playback, there's a bit of audio then a pause with a black or blocky colored screen for a while before the video resumes, though it plays at a faster rate until it catches up with the audio then works fine.
According to the tv and pressing o for info on xbmc the refresh rates correctly change for 24p playback.
Deselecting auto adjust and choosing display options work fine but then the menu's are a bit jerky, and well the auto option would be better.
Thanks.
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I have the exact same problem...
Run 1920x1080 24hz and 1080p runs perfect...
Run 1920x1080 60hz with refresh rate match on.. And i experience the following..
Movie starts (Screen in 1920x1080 60hz)
Then the screen goes blank, comes back and have pixelation and green (Screen now in 1920x1080 50hz)
Then screen goes blank, comes back and plays perfect (Screen now in 1920x1080 24hz)
This all happens within the space of 5-8 seconds.
I've done all the relevant tweaks for my TV (modelines etc)..
It would appear that my Acer Revo is struggling to switch to the correct refresh rate quick enough, so flips about.
I dunno whether this is an easy fix or not.. Some on here may know?
What spec you running? i have a Acer Revo R3600 with 1GB RAM. I'm upgrading to 2GB RAM sometime this week. I'll let u know how i get on.
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Hey guys, I'm almost sure this is your receiver/TV switching modes and not a problem with XBMC. I have a receiver/projector combination and the blackout I experience while the mode is changing is exactly the same thing as what happens when I change from one source to another on my receiver. It's the time the receiver & projector (or TV) needs to adjust to the change.
I leave auto-refresh on as not matching it can lead to jerky video when the framerate and refresh rate aren't closely matched. If it doesn't bother you though, sounds like a fine solution to turn it off.
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2010-02-05, 03:55
(This post was last modified: 2010-02-05, 03:58 by Scott R.)
The blackout may be due to the monitor switching resolutions/refresh rates, but the blockiness/green-screen is most likely XBMC's "fault".
Kind of off-topic (sorry), but I am curious as to what the benefits of running XBMC in 60Hz vs 24Hz mode. If most of my movies are 24Hz, shouldn't leaving the XBMC GUI in 24Hz mode allow for it to not have to resync most of the time when starting movies? If so, what, if any, benefit would there be to running the GUI in 60Hz?
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Right i think i'm close to narrowing down the problem...
I ran a 720p episode rip, ran absolutely fine with refresh rate adjust...
My personally feeling is that the killa sample poor encoding at the beginning is to blame, it's quite commonly known the beginning of it is poorly encoded.
I havent any 1080p mkv files to confirm that though..
Anyknow know where i can get a different sample file?