Kodi 17 videos too dark/ high contrast
#16
(2017-01-22, 20:31)TopherS Wrote: Thanks for all the help and information, everyone. I've got some thinking to do. The Minix box is looking pretty good right now since they update firmware. Either that or theMi Box if I can deal with the lack of multiple USB.
A unpowered $4 Ebay USB Hub fixes the USB port limitation on the Mi Box. Wink

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#17
I have a brand new S912 H96pro+ 3G/32G Android 6 box I've upgraded to Kodi 17.
Had the similar Dark or Low contrast video image problem...
So I followed the advice above and disabled both Mediacodec Surface, and Mediacodec.
Nothing happened until I restarted Kodi, then picture was fine.
at this point I have only restarted Kodi and not restarted the device....
so far so good..!
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#18
(2017-02-19, 03:08)digb Wrote: So I followed the advice above and disabled both Mediacodec Surface, and Mediacodec.
So now you are left with a device with no Hardware acceleration for decoding Video at all. Its all Software decoding you have there now.

Please look straight ahead and focus because you are about to hit a Brickwall !

Your S912 device can then join all the other falling Bricks in the pile, as that will be it's usefulness as a Kodi media player. Wink

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#19
s905x and s912 dark video fix is as simple as running a small mp4 video at boot.

Copy it to system/etc
name is bootvideo (no extension)

do no forget to modify build.prop (system/etc)
either modify

service.bootvideo=0 to =1

or add it if missing (after build properties but before uboot lines)

service.bootvideo=1
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#20
(2017-03-15, 05:21)gbox23 Wrote: s905x and s912 dark video fix is as simple as running a small mp4 video at boot.

Copy it to system/etc
name is bootvideo (no extension)

do no forget to modify build.prop (system/etc)
either modify

service.bootvideo=0 to =1

or add it if missing (after build properties but before uboot lines)

service.bootvideo=1

Hi, thanks for this. I know this last reply is a bit old but just wanted to say that this bootvideo thing worked fine for me on my Nexbox A95X.
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