Hi everybody,
I encountered above mentioned problem, after a fresh Windows 10 and Kodi install. I couldn’t even once access Kodi-Homescreen. Only splashscreen and an error message. (application has to be closed….)
Actually, I solved the issue by now but i figured, it wouldn’t hurt to post the solution as more people around here had a similar problem. Also because the log didn’t put out anything that would point in the right direction.
First I narrowed down, that the problem was caused by my NVIDIA card. (GTX 970) Therefore I deactivated the card in the device manager and started kodi – succesfully.
Then in kodi i switched to windowed mode and closed the app. Then activated Nvidia card again and started kodi – succesfully
When trying to enter fullscreen mode, the usual crash to desktop happened again. So obviously there is fundamental problem for (certain ?) nvidia cards and kodi fullscreen mode.
As a consequence I opened the nvidia configuration app and with trial and error, narrowed down the problem to one single setting: Mutli-framed sampled AA (MFAA)
On default this was set to OFF. With setting it to ON kodi starting in and switching to fullscreen without any problems. (Of course it is reproducable.)
Maybe someone here is more savvy with this stuff and could explain this corelation ?
Anyhow, I hope this can help some people, because finding this solution has been a very frustrating endeavor.
Regards