XBMC screen output has gone crazy and changed resolution - Fire TV Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
I have XBMC 13.0 Beta4. I have been using it fine for about a month. I changed to a new skin a few days ago but I am not sure this has anything to do with the issue. Today I was going through the menu looking at different options in the skin, however i did not change anything. I pressed the ESC key to get back to the home screen of XBMC. When i did this, the screen went wacky. Previously, my resolution was 1920 x 1080. Now, I see 3 windows along the bottom of my tv and about 30 small windows across the top of my screen (6 columns of 5 windows.) So when I go to settings, I see the resolution is now set to 720x480.
I am not sure how to get this back to normal. I cleared cache. Outside of XBMC the visuals are fine. Should I just upgrade new latest release? When I play a movie, movie plays on all "mini" screens. Sound is fine. I also tried setting XBMC visual settings back to default but that did not help.

I am not sure exactly what the issue was. I uninstalled and installed latest version of Kodi and the issue is gone.

I feel silly for jumping the gun there. It was working OK until I tried to add a network share. At some point it looked like it hung or something timed out. When I pressed the backspace button on the keyboard it immediately went to the weird output. Forcing a stop to the app and restarting does not help. Very weird.

HAD exaft the same happening some days ago with SPMC. Worked okay so far as suddenly while configuring YouTube addon via keyboard the Screen gone crazy... Upper half of the screen everything flickering and smeared and lower half showing xbmc three times. Resolution 720x480, not adjustable. Outside and in every other app everything normal. Everything I tried had no effect, until I deleted app data.

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Play store/Youtube issues

I'm having this really weird issue with these two apps for a while. Basically I would keep getting connection error in the Play store or on Youtube every few minutes or so, then I would retry and everything would be back to normal. Odd thing is that I can have a browser open in a side window and go to google or any other website just fine while this issue happens. I'm not sure if there's more google apps affected. Hell one time it was so bad that Youtube refused to load for a good minute or so, I opened a pen window for the browser, loaded up the same youtube video in there and it started playing before the app even loaded it (kept giving me connection error).
I have Adblock Plus running in the background so I wonder if that's what's doing this..but it seems odd for it to affect these apps.
Any ideas to fix this?
C2Q said:
I'm having this really weird issue with these two apps for a while. Basically I would keep getting connection error in the Play store or on Youtube every few minutes or so, then I would retry and everything would be back to normal. Odd thing is that I can have a browser open in a side window and go to google or any other website just fine while this issue happens. I'm not sure if there's more google apps affected. Hell one time it was so bad that Youtube refused to load for a good minute or so, I opened a pen window for the browser, loaded up the same youtube video in there and it started playing before the app even loaded it (kept giving me connection error).
I have Adblock Plus running in the background so I wonder if that's what's doing this..but it seems odd for it to affect these apps.
Any ideas to fix this?
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I don't have Adblock but I have issues with YouTube App aswell. It works most of the time flawlessly but sometimes like you it seems to take to long to load so what I do is close the app fully then launch it again and it works fine, I also had another weird issue of whenever I played a video in full screen and changed the tablets orientation it would dim the brightness to 0% (even changing the screens brightness to 100% wouldn't cause the app to brighten up) and hoy a "small weird box with what looked like signal bars next to it", this hasn't happened the last few times I used the tablet but its just bizarre so deffo something is up with the App that's for sure.

Netflix on cm11

Hello,
Just a couple of quick questions regarding Netflix, maybe it only involves a simple fix. Went through and got cm11 running very smooth on the ouya. No hiccups, bugs, or major setbacks with anything. Everything that I use seems to be working fine, except for Netflix.
It loads properly and seems to work, but ever since I hit the "expand" button in the lower right corner, it won't back out of full screen. It would pull any controls whether I click on screen or press any buttons on my keyboard. The only way to back out is by pressing ESC on my keyboard.
I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling the app, rebooting after logging in, deleting the data/cache from the app, also tried installing a couple of older apk's(3.0 & 2.4?) And the problem is still there. Granted its such a minor setback in a huge breakthrough overall, but I was just wondering how to fix that.
Factory reset? Maybe just a bug with Netflix for android? I don't have any other means of trying this out. Regardless, cm11 has brought new life into this console, thanks !!
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Yeah, apparently that's normal behavior for us CM11 folks.. (Actually not sure if it's the same in stock ROM because I didn't try it on stock)
I get the same thing no matter what controller or remote I try. It seems like Netflix doesn't recognize or acknowledge player control / commands on the device or ROM. It does respond to 'left' and 'right' arrow commands for rewind a scene/chapter and skip, respectively, however... But to pause you have to hit 'Back' or 'Esc' and hope it actually picks up in the same spot you exited out of the video stream... I don't seem to mind it so much compared to the other issue I'm seeing: Sometimes the video gets stuck or freezes on a frame, but the audio will continue. The video will eventually catch up, but apparently it occurs most often when another device is using just a bit of Internet bandwidth... However, my WDTV box seems to handle that much better. I'm assuming because I never see Netflix do any buffering on the Ouya, and I don't see any setting that helps with that.
I managed to get netflix on a stockplus ROM. I honest don't remember how the controls were, didn't use it much. I also don't remember which apk it was, other than it had a black loading screen.
Overall, its not a deal breaker, since I mainly use xbmc, but having netflix would be a plus. Are all netflix apk's responding that way? On the cm11, I mean.
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You can just go to the Play Store and install the "regular" Netflix app on CM11. Works like any tablet version would with a controller.
brandogg said:
You can just go to the Play Store and install the "regular" Netflix app on CM11. Works like any tablet version would with a controller.
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I've tried that and it seems to retain the full screen setting, which is the problem in question. Even after uninstalling it & reinstalling it, from the play store.
Plus, how do you sync an ouya controller to cm11? That's not that important since I've been using the k400, but to play gta it would be nice to know.
Thanks dude
If you've flashed the zip with all the button layouts, pairing the controller is as simple accessing the Input and Controllers menu, and holding down the U on the Ouya controller until it enters pairing mode. I know I'm missing a step in the menu, but its there, you'll see it. Promise
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[Q] xbmc showing multiple small broken screens

I have 13.1 gotham ARM build installed on Fire TV. Now the screen is split, there are multiple screens .
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i tried clearing cache and forced stop but did not work. I works normal normal when clear all the data but of course all the data is gone and have to start fresh again.
This happens randomly sometimes while browsing add-ons and sometimes while trying to play something.
Has anyone come up with such problems? How did you fix it?
Update: Fixed the issue by restoring the video settings to default.
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I see that for a split second before a video starts to play sometimes, but never had it stick... Thanks for the follow up on how to resolve...
Amber Skin
I get it on Amber Skin right after pressing STOP (for 1-2 seconds).
I'm using SPMC (Frodo based), no restore video settings option... any ideas?
I had this happen when I was testing all the keys on a Logitech Dinovo mini keyboard to see what they would do. I believe it was"\" that did it and I believe it is setting XBMC to use Windowed mode instead of fullscreen.
Hope this helps some.

Getting Black screen in Kodi when looking at file names and lose background in menu.

My Kodi has been acting weird lately. I have been getting a black screen randomly when I try to go back to my video files. Also sometimes playing a video will go to a black screen. Pressing the center button doesn't show the onscreen controls anymore. The only way I can get the controls to show up is to press back button. Then the Menu selections show up but I have a black screen in the background. It's almost as if the default blue bubble background screen has been erased.
I have tried to delete kodi and reinstall and gets the same problem. I have tried SPMC and it seems to get the same problem after a few days.
Anyone knows what might be causing this?
Same issue here. Are you using the Krypton Nightlies?
jsgates said:
Same issue here. Are you using the Krypton Nightlies?
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No, I'm not. I have been using 16.1 that is the stable release.
What is weird is that I have tried SPMC and I get that black screen also sometimes. I also noticed that my Nexus Player seems to get this to happen lately also. I think the Nexus Player uses a different KODI since it's Intel based but I still get the same problems.
Do you think there is a problem with Kodi in general?
I'm having the same problem! It sucks. And I'm not very tech savvy lol if anyone figures it out please relay the info ?

AFTV Gen 1 Kodi must be forced stopped or revert to blank install

I've been struggling with issues on this AFTV for awhile. My other AFTV is problem free. It's got to be something in my setup but no idea what?
Old issues:
Kodi could not be launched from the main menu. It would crash everytime if I did this so I needed to launch it from settings/manage apps after force stopping it.
***I also couldn't plug in my usb stick or it would revert to a blank install (no video sources, no thumbs, stock skin)
--This I attributed to a glitch with the way I was storing my thumbs on usb but no matter how many times I tried to fix it, it just wouldn't work.
Last week I did a fresh install, wiped data and flashed the latest rom. I also formatted my usb and went through the setup process again to store thumbnails on USB. It worked...sort of
New Issue:
Kodi can now be launched from the homescreen without crashing. HOWEVER, it reverts right back to a fresh install, blank kodi, no sources, thumbs, etc!
--If I force stop it then launch it again, everything goes back to normal (my setup is intact, thumbs are imported from USB.)
***There's ONE more piece of the puzzle that I'm hoping will give someone an idea...everytime I launch kodi, the AFTV seems to temporarily lose it's hdmi connection with the TV. I get the black screen with "no signal" listed in the center. It comes back once Kodi has booted up.
--This happens when it's launched from the main menu only. If I hit force stop then launch it, Kodi starts right up (correctly, setup intact). I notice it skips the splash screen and just goes right to my Homescreen.
Thought I'd take a shot and see if anyone knows what's going on. Would really appreciate any help. I tried to be as thorough as possible but if there's any questions, please help if you think you have an idea. Thanks

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