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grey screen when playing tv show

I have purchased a tv show in itunes and downloaded it to my mac mini but when I try playing it in itunes or quicktime, I just get sound and a grey screen. However, if I stream it from my itunes on the mac mini to the itunes on my mac book air, it plays fine.


Any ideas?


Cheers

Paul

Mac mini, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on May 10, 2014 2:02 AM

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May 16, 2014 11:25 PM in response to pwheeldon

I had exactly this. The fix that worked for me was:


Try this with the TV plugged in and on:


Resetting the PRAM.


1. Shut down the computer.

2. Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need them in step 4.

3. Turn on the computer.

4. Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys before the gray screen appears.

5. Hold the keys down until the computer restarts.

6. Release the keys.

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