Have sound but black screen

[bmmiller]

I have a black screen but there is sound. I did a little research and I think that I have turn off 3D acceleration. However I can't get to the setup screen. When I start Sage it goes directly to live TV (this never happened before it always went to the main menu.) I hit ctrl-O and nothing happens (that I can see, again it is a black screen.) I uninstalled and reinstalled the software but the settings must be saved somewhere because I have the same problem. I have restarted the PC. I need to know how to get to the main menu. This started after I recorded a show last night and left the PC on. Any help is appreciated.

[stanger89]

Try pressing "Home" to get to the main menu.

[Opus4]

When SageTV isn't running, you can try editing the properties file to make sure this is set to turn 3D acceleration off:

ui/accelerated_rendering=false

- Andy

[bmmiller]

Thanks Andy, that worked. Also , the "home" button didn't work but also thanks stranger89. I have found that with 3D acceleration eneabled it works initially but if I stop and then start SageTV, I get that black screen with audio unless I use the Intervideo NonCSS Video Decoder. The other decoders i have are the ones that came with WinDVD and PowerDVD. I don't have time to really research this but I assume it is a known problem that I will look into when I have the time.