video overlay

[bomyaa]

hey folks,
i'm testing boxee with tiger..
my problem: when i'm playing any video (stream or own) there is a blue overlay and as far as i can see a very poor quality behind it :).
anybody knows help? i testet the "advancedsettings.xml" but it didn't work for me..

thanks!

[marcel]

can you send more info on your hardware...:)

[bomyaa]

sure..
mbp 2ghz core duo, radeon x1600 256mb, tiger version 10.4.11

anything else?

[marcel]

you added to here glrectanglehack (yes)
~/Library/Application Support/BOXEE/UserData/advancedsettings.xml

close and restarted boxee

[bomyaa]

i already did .. nothing :/

[marcel]

can you send me a screen shot...

[bomyaa]

here it is

[marcel]

you did a restart of boxee the problem seems to be with ati card you can see from this thread (http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=452) not sure it will make a difference but change in the advancedsettings from yes to 1 also make sure you have permissions..

[bomyaa]

no this didn't help either.. so i'll wait for a later release :)! The prog. is a great job btw!

[patand]

I'm having the same issue running Tiger 10.4.11. I have the 2ghz core duo, radeon x1600 256mb iMac. Tried the advancedsettings.xml with no luck. Any other suggestions?

[erikphoenix]

I'm having the same issue running Tiger 10.4.11. I have the Macbook Pro with 2,33 ghz core 2 duo, radeon x1600 256mb .

[rlaf]

Got the same issue too!

[Mrave]

A got the same problem.
But Boxee works great, but the blue thing is bad.
Some web videos do work for a strange reasone.

[SocalRichard]

I have been having this issue since the last release and I never was able to find a resolution.

Except a "blue overlay" it's green. I posted screen shots before.

[marcel]

we have not forgotten you guys ...we are aware of this ATI issues...

[SocalRichard]

First off... Love the screen saver! Lmao, I left it running to make food and I came back, a bunch of faces popping around the screen.

Alright, playing locally based videos and streaming such as trailers or CNN/other channels give the same result.

The only 'streaming' that works perfectly fine without any color issues is Hulu. Hulu works perfect.

I hope that helps at all if any.

[marcel]

we are aware that this would work...:) i hope we will find a fix...:)

[svanur]

XBMC has a fix for this issue. Switching the video player's render method to ARB (or anything but GLSL) fixes the problem in XBMC.

[marcel]

are you experiencing the same problem with boxee..:)

[fiction]

Just loaded the newest version last night and still having the same issue.

[svanur]

Oh sorry yes I forgot to mention that :o ....
The playback is exactly the same - blue and smudgy on boxee and XBMC Atlantis on Macbook Pro with ATI card. The only difference is that on XBMC I can switch the video render method to ARB on XBMC which makes local video playback work ok. Switching it back to GLSL makes it blue and smudgy again.

Does anyone know which version of XBMC the latest Boxee was ported from? Maybe there is a workaround in the config files that hasn't made it to the user interface yet ...

[svanur]

Tried the following hack in the config file:
edited ~/Libary/Application Support/BOXEE/UserData/guisettings.xml and added the following under the <videoplayer> node:
<rendermethod>1</rendermethod> (this is the XBMC option)
Ran Boxee and local video playback is still blue :(
After I exit Boxee the line has been removed from guisettings.xml.

Well it was worth a try .. but it is obvious that the ATI drivers are not coping well with GLSL.

[rlaf]

FYI,

Tom emailed me about this. The problem with MBP's has been fixed and will roll out in the new version - early Dec.

[marcel]

guys we believe we have a fix for this in the next version (early Dec) we will need some testers soon to test the fix ..so please pm your emails...:)

[EdwardKT]

I just downloaded the latest Boxee for Mac, and the Blue overlay is still present when playing video. I'm on a first generation Intel iMac with 10.4.11.

[leachbj]

I just downloaded the latest Boxee for Mac, and the Blue overlay is still present when playing video. I'm on a first generation Intel iMac with 10.4.11.

Ditto. I get red overlay with the version just downloaded today. Core 2 Duo iMac on 10.4.11 with NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT.

[bomyaa]

same problem still exists on macbook pro cd and ATI grafics..
i hoped to be able to use boxee with the new release :(

[marcel]

guys try this

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

[bomyaa]

great marcel! now everything is in more than one color :)!! thank you for solving this problem guys.

[marcel]

good to hear ..:)

[andrebob]

Thank you so much!
It finally works without a blue overlay. You guys rock.
:D

[msymms]

worked for me as well...

rendermethod =1

[leachbj]

Worked for me to. With the previous version I had tried something similar without success but now its all good.

[spirix]

Was having the same problem and it worked for me too :)

[psyclonejack]

I am not able to edit the guisettings.xml folder. My mac says it can not be opened?

[agentlame]

I am not able to edit the guisettings.xml folder. My mac says it can not be opened?

what application is trying to open it? you should open it with textedit.

[psyclonejack]

That did it. THANKS!

[zak]

It took a few tries but I got it too. Very nice.

Be sure to add the "<rendermethod>1</rendermethod>" text directly under the <videoplayer> node - the first line. At the bottom did not work for me.

Thank you all!

[mexisam]

guys try this

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

MARCEL, this worked! Images no longer just dark red/green. I also edited the 'advancedsettings.xml' file for good measure.

Intel Core2Duo, OSX10.4.11, NVidia 7600 GT card.

THANKS!

[hkowalski42]

Thank you guys! I had the same problem. The strange thing was, it was working for hours. Then, when I opened a tech show about 3D video it suddenly changed. At first I thought they had filmed an episode that you could watch with those red and blue 3D glasses.
Today is my first day using Boxee and I love it. Thanks again!

[marcel]

great ..enjoy it..

[Taltos]

Thanks to everyone for this thread.

I originally looked at Boxee last year, but only seriously got to grips with it this weekend and suddenly everything was blue and distorted: http://twitpic.com/1o4zz

Really appreciate the tips and pointers from this forum and the Boxee community!

Tx.



Thank you guys! I had the same problem. The strange thing was, it was working for hours. Then, when I opened a tech show about 3D video it suddenly changed. At first I thought they had filmed an episode that you could watch with those red and blue 3D glasses.
Today is my first day using Boxee and I love it. Thanks again!

[yee379]

i had similar problems (with both xbmc and boxee) with all video's coming in on a shade of green. my solution was to duplicate my settings from my xbmc settings:



<videoplayer>
<rendermethod>2</rendermethod>
</videoplayer>
<videoscreen>
<vsync>3</vsync>
</videoscreen>


and everything was then good!

note that you must kill boxee before editing the file, as shutting it down appears to rewrite the guisettings.xml file.

for those interested, lspci shows that i have a

ATI Technologies Inc RV380 [Radeon X600]

Yee.

[heyamir]

Hi,

I have finally upgraded my Boxee app on MacBook Pro running tiger to 0.9.20 (I was running 0.9.10 before and everything was fine).

Now all the menus have some blue overlay with so many lines that I cannot read the UI at all. However the videos play just fine.

I have tried all the suggestions to change the video render method hoping that will fix the problem. No success.

I have included an screenshot to show how bad it looks.

Any help is highly appreciated.
Thanks

[marcel]

what graphic card are you using?

[heyamir]

This is a standard Macbook Pro (last model)
The Graphic card is ATI Radeon X1600
Thank you for your help.