strange screen effect - 4 squares?

[kikkegek]

I just installed Boxee 4 Windows.

Everything seems fine, except that it plays trhe video kind a strange:

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/7270/screenshot000fs7.th.jpg (http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot000fs7.jpg)

My setup:
17" LCD Ilyama
Asus M2A-VM HDMI connected via DVI to LCD screen
onboard videocard: Ati Radeon Xpress X1250
2 GB ram
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+

please advise

[khirsah]

Did you get the latest ATI drivers?

[zifferous]

Hello, I have just installed Boxee as well for windows and i am having the same problem as above. I have updated my ATI drivers to the latest from the website.

My system that i am testing this on consists of
AMD Turion 64
2 GB Ram
40 GB Hard drive
128 ATI Radeon 200m Graphics card
running windows vista ultimate.

[agentlame]

1. create the following file:
<boxee-config> (http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=3962)/UserData/advancedsettings.xml

2. in it, put this:
<advancedsettings>
<glrectanglehack>yes</glrectanglehack>
</advancedsettings>

3. restart boxee.


let me know how that works.

[marcel]

if still not working then try this ..

edited ~/Libary/Application Support/BOXEE/UserData/guisettings.xml and added the following under the <videoplayer> node:
<rendermethod>1</rendermethod>

[lethalinjectionx]

If you download the ATI 8.9 drivers it should solve at least part of this issue. After I installed 8.9 I was able to play the videos without the weird display issue. However after I rebooted though when I click a video then click "Play" it returns me to the list of videos. So at least I could see the video playback properly for a few minutes :(

Also the glrectanglehack didn't seem to work as I had tried the first before changing video drivers. I'm running Vista Business 32 bit with an ATI 9800 Pro.


1. create the following file:
<boxee-config> (http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=3962)/UserData/advancedsettings.xml

2. in it, put this:
<advancedsettings>
<glrectanglehack>yes</glrectanglehack>
</advancedsettings>

3. restart boxee.


let me know how that works.

[marcel]

edited ~/Libary/Application Support/BOXEE/UserData/guisettings.xml and added the following under the <videoplayer> node:
<rendermethod>1</rendermethod>

did you try this..

[lethalinjectionx]

That seems to fix the second issue. I am able to play the videos now using the rendermethod and the 8.9 Catalyst ATI drivers.


did you try this..

[dmcnamer]

this worked for me. i had to do the last set for it to all work. for me, the file was located at:
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\BOXEE\userdata

[eMpTy3000]

if still not working then try this ..

edited ~/Libary/Application Support/BOXEE/UserData/guisettings.xml and added the following under the <videoplayer> node:
<rendermethod>1</rendermethod>

This alone worked for me. I have ATI All-in-Wonder 9600 with Catalyst Drivers 8.451

Thanks for the help!

[kikkegek]

this worked for me. i had to do the last set for it to all work. for me, the file was located at:
C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\BOXEE\userdata

without updating the drivers, this fixced it for me.
thanks man!