[FattyMcDirty]

one question: using the standard skin now... it's running pretty nice with your help, storage is now on USB, BUT: the artwork, like dvd cases etc... ya.. kinda "low res" - is this intended to be so? can i load them in high-res somehow?

Change *res settings and delete cache:
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...pid1282798

that did it, thanks!

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so does no one know how to workaround that issue? it's not related to the pi connected to the amp... that issue also exists when i connect mit rpi directly to my tv..... very strange... and somewhat annoying it's also not build-related... cause i already tried others... so what could it be?

You can try adding:
hdmi_pixel_encoding=<n>

to config.txt. n can be:

HDMI_PIXEL_ENCODING_RGB_LIMITED = 0
HDMI_PIXEL_ENCODING_RGB_FULL = 1,
HDMI_PIXEL_ENCODING_YCbCr444_LIMITED = 2,
HDMI_PIXEL_ENCODING_YCbCr444_FULL = 3,

(shouldn't be needed if TV reports the correct pixel encoding modes supported in its edid)

mh.. those ones changed the situation, but none of them actually keep up with the hdmi-output from my htpc strangely. it just doesn't look as sharp as it should be and the blacks are also greyed out. setting hdmi_pixel_encoding= to 0 results in a VERY pixelated UI, so that one is definitely not the solution. setting it to 1 seems to look like the standard, as if this setting was not manually added. is it possible, that the overall quality of the hdmi-out is not that top notch?