Darker video playback after upgrade from 2.95.6 to 2.99.1 - ION Build

[lrusak]

doesn't seem to be any 24p or 23.976 modes available, so that is probably why your screen turns black. Do you know if your TV supports 24p?

[DugieHowsa]

I couldn't find any reference to it in the manual. But I would guess according to the age of the Television (January 2004), the answer is "no"

http://www.manualowl.com/m/Sony/KF-60WE610/Manual/71061

[DugieHowsa]

After running on 2.99.1 for 2 weeks with a modified xorg.conf file, I decided to downgrade to 2.95.6 and revert back to the stock xorg.conf. Although some videos appeared brighter, other videos still appeared to be too dark. Now that I have switched back to 2.95.6 with default configurations, I am no longer experiencing any brightness issues with video playback.

[DugieHowsa]

Today, I upgraded from 2.95.6 to 2.99.2 and set the 'ColorRange' Option in the ~/.config/xorg.conf file to "Limited". Playback with this setting appears to be better than it was in 2.99.1.

[kalel90]

Ok guys so the reason that command doesnt work is because theres a bug in the intel driver.

"For ref - the full range/limited colour range patches are set for the 3.9 kernel. By default, unless something changes it should default to automatic - for CEA defined "tv modes" this will be limited range, for all other modes full range. You can still force the setting using xrandr. Unfortunately it seems the automatic selection "fails" on non-integer framerates (e.g. 23.976, 59.94) and that's just how it is for now."

Openelec 3.0 uses 3.7.3. This is a problem.