'Black Screen' for video via SageTV client???

[SteinyD]

I had this same problem with SageTV 3.x and never had an opportunity to resolve it. I have now upgraded to SageTV 4 and have tried it again with simimlar results.

SageTV at the main PC with video card works fine and always has. The PC is a high end dual core AMD processor, Hauppauge 250 card, etc.,etc. The PC on which I have installed the client is a very standard IBM Thinkpad T22.

I have configured the client the best I can determine. It connects to the main pc. I can play music, view photos and scroll through the TV guide from the remote pc. However, if I try to play recorded TV programming or watch live TV I get a blank screen. If I play back recorded TV, I see the progress bar moving across the bottom of the window but a completely 'black' screen is all I get for video.

Any help here would be appreciated. I had this working in a much older version of Sage and wish to get it going again.

Thanks,
David

[SteinyD]

Is anyone else having this problem?

Does anyone have any ideas as to how to resolve?

Thanks,
David

[stanger89]

Try changing your video renderer.

[SteinyD]

Stupid question - on the client or server?

Originally Posted by stanger89

Try changing your video renderer.

[nielm]

client...

Also check that there you have not enabled 'Theater mode' or something similar in the video driver settings (it puts the video overlay on the secondary display)