Force XBMC to use a resolution

[supernoman]

Is this possible? I tried to set it manually but it doesn't work. The problem is that my PC boots up faster than the TV does. XBMC ends up starting at a lower resolution than 1080P when I turn everything on with my Harmony.
The fix is to restart XBMC once the picture is displayed which I assigned to a button.

It's just a slight annoyance but I'd thought I'd ask if it was possible.

Note: PC is connected via HDMI.

[CrashX]

How about turning on the TV first then your pc ?

[supernoman]

It's a rear projection that has a long power on delay. I did set the Harmony to turn on the TV first in the sequence but it's still not delayed enough.

How about turning on the TV first then your pc ?

[Hitcher]

This works most of the time -

http://xbmc.org/forum/showpost.php?p=304209&postcount=8

Fixed my problem.

I forgot that you can add anything from the GUI to your advancedsettings.xml so all I had to do was drop the resolution ID in there and it always starts up as 1920x1080@60Hz.

<videoscreen>
<resolution>54</resolution>
</videoscreen>

[supernoman]

I've never used advancedsettings.xml. I'll give it a try later tonight.
How did you find the resolution ID?

[smcnally75]

HTPCs should be left on all the time. Why don't you just put it in standby instead of turning it off?

[supernoman]

I do put it in standby. I shutdown XBMC when the HTPC goes to standby and start it back up again when the system resumes using Eventghost.