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J-Blaze · 2015-05-17, 01:17

Hi guys,

I set up my ASUS ChromeBox to run OpenELEC.

To make it work, I have to log in remotely by SSH and send this command :

Code:
DISPLAY=:0 xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1920x1080i

To change the HDMI mode.

But this setting is never permanent, I have to re-do it on every reboot.

How can I make this permanent please?

nickr · (This post was last modified: 2015-05-17, 02:48 by nickr.)

The chromebox wiki page deals with this. Chromebox (wiki)

**fritsch** · 2015-05-17, 11:36

Kodi won't use Interlaced mode by default. It will suck for everything, including menu rendering which is done progressive, video decoding and so on. If your TV is a HD Ready only device, then set it to 720p.

noggin · (This post was last modified: 2015-05-17, 13:12 by noggin.)

(2015-05-17, 11:36)fritsch Wrote: Kodi won't use Interlaced mode by default. It will suck for everything, including menu rendering which is done progressive, video decoding and so on. If your TV is a HD Ready only device, then set it to 720p.

Aah - that's a pity. There are some usage cases where 1080i is very useful.

Standard HD-SDI broadcast video is 1080i for instance - so carrying the output of a Kodi box over HD-SDI to connect to a VTR, Disc Server etc. is a use case I can see. I know broadcasters routinely use WDTV Lives or similar to playback 'viewer video' quickly (rather than stuffing it through a file based workflow) For this to work without a converter box being able to output 1080/50i or 1080/60i is very useful. Most broadcast installations are 1080i not 720p (even in broadcasters that transmit 720p believe it or not) so 720/50p isn't a solution for them.

I've had to do this in the past and ended up with a 720/50p output going through a cross-converter...

J-Blaze · 2015-05-18, 23:13

Hi guys,

Okay never mind the interlaced.

I now go for:

Code:
DISPLAY=:0 xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1280x720

But the problem is the same, I can't make the changes permanent.

(2015-05-17, 02:47)nickr Wrote: The chromebox wiki page deals with this. Chromebox (wiki)

So I read this page and ended up on:
http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php?title=Autostart.sh

So I edited storage/.config/autostart.sh and added the line and now all works perfectly.

Thanks for the heads up guys!

**fritsch** · (This post was last modified: 2015-05-19, 08:21 by fritsch.)

Put a custom xorg.conf to /storage/.config/ which prefers 1280x720