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Thank you after I disable GIU from settings video minimized itself and it game me chance to calibrate video, so there is no need edit xml file (cause I reboot n2 a few times and it still works well)

Thank you for the link and help

Hello,

I have this same issue with my Vizio TV. Are you able to explain better what you did in order to fix it? I’m not able to understand what setting you changed.

See here:
https://discourse.coreelec.org/t/gui-at-3840-x-2160/8104/16

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Thank you for link. I disabled GUI setting and then video minimized itself and it gave me chance to calibrate video frame. After I reboot system a few times my video still as I calibrated it. So that I didn’t need to edit xml file. Meanwhile, on kodi forum someone made a comment as “Calibration is not what you want from kodi. This will kill 1:1 pixel mapping.”

So, if it’s true I can’t watch my 4k movie as a really 4k resulation video.

Do you have an any idea, what can I do and fix this problem. BTW, I don’t know how I need to edit xml file, can you please suggest me a walkthrough about that editing also?

I can’t understand what the problem is with watching 4K. You may need to disable overscan on your TV.

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You need to perform actions from 3 messages above link first.
Don’t do calibration for 1/4 size picture or for 10x zoomed picture. It’s wrong.

Ok thank you finally I did it, editing xml file solved

On my S912 VIM2 I discovered that having refresh rate switch set to “ON START/STOP” caused multiple lock ups on media switching. Setting this to “ON START” instead is much better.

Shoog

Except when you watch a movie at 24FPS, your GUI will remain locked to 24Hz until you switch to something else.

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Never understood why this setting even exists.
Very annoying when playback is stopped and your GUI locks into whatever Hz you’ve been playing. Very Android :wink:

Maybe try and use a delay of 2.5 seconds refresh rate change to begin with
Then work your way down to shorten the delay switch and see where maybe the change timing causes the problem.

It is my feeling that when Kodi removed all the embedded fixes that made it work on S912, and then CE put them all back something got lost along the way. What I am experiencing is some sort of frame rate switching glitch - an issue that plagued the platform and required considerable effort to address. Kodi now pays no attention to this sort of issue and has diverged considerably from its early Leia code.
I think it particularly impacts the S912 because it never had the same level of graphics driver polish that the various S905 chips had. I notice when reading around this that S912 user constantly talk of glitchy behaviour and have simply grown to live with it or moved onto other chips.

Ultimately the solution for me will be a new X96 Air box as a client and the VIM2 will be relegated to TVH and SMB server duties. This will happen in the next few weeks.

Shoog

I’m sorry, maybe I missed something, I don’t understand what you say. All my TV Box are S912 and I have no problem with my settings in /storage/.config/autostart.sh

# set resolution for best performances with little CPU/GPU warming
fw_setenv hdmimode 1080i50hz
fw_setenv outputmode 1080i50hz
echo 1080i50hz > /storage/.kodi/userdata/disp_cap

(I also don’t use HDMI audio passthrough because of LG TV crash)
(I also don’t use HDMI CEC because of Kodi crash)

The operation of CoreELEC on all my devices S912 is perfect.

I get multiple media switch failure - always with the following error:

failed remove vfm map default with active provider decoder.

Shoog

I tried on Start only for a while and it is a lot smoother.
I did however noticed now, that if I set to On Start and play a 4K video and switch to an 1080 one, my TV’s info button is showing I’m watching 2160p. Moving back to On Start/Stop corrects that.
I can’t say I noticed a difference but it seemed like an odd behavior.

Hi,

I have newbie question. CoreELEC’s default resolution is 1920x1080p and refresh rate of 59.94.

I see that 60 refresh rate is also available. What’s the difference between these two and why does CE default 59.94?

Is there any reason or benefit to choosing 60?

Short answer
No

And the long answer?
Why default is 59.94?

I guess cause 59.94 is the NTSC Television standard (60000 / 1001), and higher refresh rate makes scrolling menus smoother.

Seems a strange default, I’d have thought that there were more PAL TV’s around than NTSC. Ya live and learn eh?

Guys, I’m a bit confused when it comes to selecting resolutions on the white list. I want to use my TV’s upscaling as suggested in this thread. Are the resolutions under the whitelist option enabled or disabled by default? Thanks.