[TonyPh12345]

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Thanks for the info. I will choose option 2.

Finding a guid on how to do option 2 is a bit difficult, though. Here is an old guide for nVidia chipsets, which seems convoluted and doesn't apply to this box. I followed the guide here to the letter, but it doesn't seem to have done anything.

Did you ever come up with that link to an updated guide?

I have the same issue with my Pioneer AVR using a Harmony Remote since there's no way to ensure everything powers up with the correct sequence and timing... Also had the same challenge trying the capture the EDID block data to put that into the X configuration. Ultimately I just took the easy way out and scripted a quick fix.

in /storage/hdmi.sh:

Code:

#! /bin/bash
DISPLAY=:0 /usr/lib/xbmc/xbmc-xrandr --output HDMI1 --off
DISPLAY=:0 /usr/lib/xbmc/xbmc-xrandr --output HDMI1 --auto

Create a remote keymap so pressing numeral 1 will execute the above script

in /storage/.xbmc/userdata/keymaps/remote.xml:

Code:

<keymap>
  <global>
    <remote>
        <one>XBMC.System.Exec("/storage/hdmi.sh")</one>
    </remote>
  </global>
</keymap>

So basically, when I encounter the issue, I just press "1" on my Harmony and it resets the HDMI interface.

Yes, I'm still using 13.2 -- but the same thing worked with Kodi when I tried it (though the path of course changes...