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Black Screen on Kodi Startup w/ 4k TV?
#1
Hello Everyone!

I just bought a Raspberry Pi 4 - 4Gb, with the intent on using it as a media player.

The setup for the Pi worked fine, and I was able to get Kodi and the Pi working with a 5Tb hard drive and a pair of 4Tb hard drives connected to a powered USB 3 hub.

For setting up the Pi, I used the HD TV in my office, which has a resolution of 1920x1080, but when I went to connect the Pi to my 4k TV, I got a black screen when I tried starting Kodi.

Taking the Pi back to my office, Kodi started normally connected to an HDTV.

Any suggestions?

I'm using the Raspbian OS, with a 16Gb micro-SD card.

Regards,

-K
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#2
I would suggest following this guide, if you have not already:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewt...p?t=251645

Pay particular attention to this section:
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RASPBERRY PI 4 ONLY TWEAKS:

This is very important!

-Kodi on the Raspberry Pi 4 will only function if you are using the Open Source drivers! This is the "GL (Fake KMS) OpenGL desktop driver with fake KMS" on raspi-config, which is currently the default on the Raspbian images for the RPi 4. If you select the Broadcom/Legacy driver, it won't work!

-Kodi on Raspbian requires a minimum of 160 MB of RAM dedicated to the GPU to function properly! This can be done by running "raspi-config" -> "Advanced Options" -> "Memory Split" -> 160. The recommended for the RPI 4 is 320 MB.

-Kodi 18 on the Raspberry Pi 4 supports up to 4K h265/HEVC 10bit video files. HEVC HDR/10 bit is still not complete/optimal on the RPi 4, the playback may not be smooth and present "washed" colors. This may be fixed on Kodi 19.

-If you have a 4K monitor/TV, Kodi will automatically limit the GUI interface to 1080p, for a faster and better experience, since rendering the interface at 4K gives a considerable penalty hit. 4K videos will still play at that resolution whitout user interferance. If you want you can always change this going to Kodi -> Settings -> System -> Limit GUI size

-If you have a 4K monitor/TV, by default, the Raspberry Pi 4B will select a 30hz refresh rate. To allow selection of 60Hz refresh rates go to raspi-config -> Advanced Options -> Pi 4 Video Output -> Enable 4Kp60 HDMI or add a new line to /boot/config.txt with the following:
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hdmi_enable_4kp60=1
Note, this will increase power consumption and increase the temperature of the Raspberry Pi. It is not possible to output 4Kp60 on both micro HDMI ports simultaneously.
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