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I just downloaded and attempted to use Kodi 16.1 I can get movies to play, however, I only get the audio portion, no picture, just a kind of flashing blurry color where the movie should be. I tried turning off hardware acceleration but no luck I did notice that of the listed resolutions, there was no 1920X1080 option, which I thought was odd.
Is this a codec issue? I have K-lite mega codec pack installed which, until now, played anything I threw at it. This looks like really useful software but not if I can't get a picture to go with the sound. Please help, I'm desperate!
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I forgot to mention that the PC I am attempting to play these movies on is a Dell 64bit, 4g RAM running Windows 7 Home Premium. Seems to work fine when playing back using other software (Plex, etc.) I don't think the problem is with the computer, just something with Kodi that I am not doing correctly. Thanks.
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I am totally new to this so I didn't even know there were "banned" add-ons...I was going on information provided by a friend so I guess he forgot to mention the banned part. I will see what I can do to remove the add-ons....could they be what is preventing the video from playing? Thanks for your help.
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Perhaps you could tell me what a good "legal" add-on might be that I could use to test my system to see if I can locate the problem. Thanks!
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Okay, I tried YouTube and playing a disc (Blood Diamond), and still got audio but no video except for some flashing colors. This is a Dell 64bit desktop computer running Windows 7 Pro, using the on-board video chip,on an Intel motherboard. I have a couple of nVidia graphics cards lying around, would it solve the problem if I installed one of them into this computer? BTW, using Media Classic player, the disc plays back fine, and so does YouTube directly from the internet. I tried playing back some MP4 home movies, some .mov files, etc. and all work. Seems like the issue is with Kodi. Also, when I click on the "door knocker" to exit the program, as soon as I click "Exit", my computer locks up and I have to use Task Manager to get out of Kodi. I am using a Logitach Trackball mouse, which has not given me any problems. Please advise, this is driving me crazy! And how do I post a "log" of issue for others to see? Thanks!
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I tried a friend's advice which was to de-install v16 and try v15, which I did and it seems to be working fine. Only issue now is that video quality seems to be barely average; how do I get it to play back in at least 720p? Also, can anyone help me with getting the video from my computer onto my flat screen TV?/ I am using an ASUS router for wi-fi, plenty of speed (350mbps). just not sure how to get Kodi output into some kind of media server so I can watch it over my network. Have a Sony tv with DLNA. Can this happen with WIndows Media Center or do I need something like PLEX? Thanks so much for all the help!
