[maanu86]

Good Morning!

i have a irritating problem in Kodi 15.1 and dont know how to solve it While Kodi runs, no matter what i do, watching a movie or just idling in the program, i get random short black screens (in 2 hours whatching a movie maybe 15 black screens), which only affects the video transmission, sound works without dropouts. I dont have this problem while idling in windows!

Anybody can help me? I would be very happy for any suggestions. Thanks a lot!


Hardware:
Intel NUC with i5 (newest gen)
8 gig RAM
Windows 10 Pro 64bit
128gb m2 hdd
Denon AVR Receiver
LG 65" tv

[datranquil]

Do you adjust the screen refresh rate to match with the media one? I saw this issue when there is a communication problem between the graphics card the the display maybe caused by a cheap or long HDMI / Displayport cable.
But it can also be a video decoder problem. Hard to say without a logfile, so it is just a thought.

[maanu86]

Thanks for your reply, i will check the refresh rate. My hdmi cable should be a very good one, but maybe i check this too!

Some more ideas?

[PatK]

Yes hit the keyboard 'o' while playing a video and look for bottle necks, but off hand this is something I haven't heard of before, It's either windows 10 or the gfx card decoding. Perhaps change to software decoding and see if that was it.

[Shryp]

In the screensaver settings there is an option to blank out screens when there is no activity, but I have never noticed it work when there is a video playing.

[Martijn]

Also check drivers and install the Kodi dx11 build

[maanu86]

By adjusting the refresh rate, i reduced the black screens in 2 hours watching a movie to 3 times. Tomorrow i will check dx11

[maanu86]

Edit:

Nothing changed, it must be random, got 15 or 20 black screens while watching / idling in Kodi.

@Martijn: Is the dx11 build in Kodi 16 rc included or should i use the old version?