Kodi Community Forum - blank screen showing over full screen

Not sure how best to describe this, but I'll try.

Just installed Raspberry Pi from NOOBS on a PI4. Then installed Kodi and pointed to my video library. Watched a movie without issue. Installed xrdp so I can remote into the system and do some light management if needed. Moved Pi to my TV and validated everything worked as expected. Woot!!

Then, I followed the following link to auto-start Kodi: How to autostart for Linux. Specifically, I used the follow option:

python:
sudo apt install cron

crontab -e

@reboot kodi --standalone

As expected, after a reboot, TV screen shows the Kodi menu as expected. Yeah!

However, when I go to play a movie or tv show, the video full screens, but where the kodi menu was, I just see a black window. Outside the edges of the black window, I can see the movie. Audio and subtites are working as well. Just can't see 95% of the video that's playing in full screen.

If I exit Kodi and restart manually, the issue doesn't persist.

I've also tried removing the '--standalone' option without any luck there either, thinking that maybe it starting in another terminal session was the issue since it works if I call it directly, but no luck.

Anyone have thoughts on what I'm missing here? Hopefully it's just something silly.

If you want kodi to start on every boot have you considered LibreELEC?

Don't use cron to autostart Kodi, it may cause problems. Check this for better ways:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt...6&t=251645

(2020-11-29, 14:38)popcornmix Wrote: [ -> ]If you want kodi to start on every boot have you considered LibreELEC?

Can't say that I have, nor have I heard of it. What's the benefit?

(2020-11-29, 18:30)SkippyTheBeerCan Wrote: [ -> ]Can't say that I have, nor have I heard of it. What's the benefit?

It's a distribution purely designed to run kodi from boot. It almost certainly won't have this issue.

You can probably do what you want with the raspbian version, but not from a cron job.
There are instructions here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt...p?t=251645
(as I now see rascas linked to)

(2020-11-29, 17:05)rascas Wrote: [ -> ]Don't use cron to autostart Kodi, it may cause problems. Check this for better ways:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt...6&t=251645

rascas, I'd like to tel you know that this worked and I appreciate the help. Thank you. Someone should let whoever needs to know to update the wiki article with this.