Video on a Tv

locater16 · 11-12-2006, 01:43 AM

I've hooked my pc up a tv I have with an s-video cable, and want to play a video on it. I've got everything worked out, except the video won't show up on the tv. Everything else does, but no matter what media player I use its just a black thing on the tv. Help please?

The General · 11-12-2006, 09:47 AM

What kind of video card do you have?

trekkie00 · 11-12-2006, 02:27 PM

On my laptop you have to enable "Extend my Windows Desktop onto this monitor" for s-video and VGA out. It's in the Display Properties under Settings.

That's with an ATi Radeon Xpress 200M, I'm not sure if it's different with other graphics cards though.

b-rett686 · 11-12-2006, 11:21 PM

I have the exact same problem. I was just going to post a new thread on this. I can see everything fine on my TV but when I go to use Windows Media Player I just see a blank space where the movie should be. Power DVD is the only program I can use that works but not all my movies work with Power DVD.

liam · 11-14-2006, 04:13 PM

Are you saying that your desktop will show up on the TV but video players wont? Is that what you are saying or am i misunderstanding you?

b-rett686 · 11-14-2006, 04:22 PM

Exactly! I can see the Media player window, the playlist, the volume bar, but I can't see the actual video.

lancec2c30 · 11-14-2006, 05:28 PM

hhhmm strange, all I can think of is updating windows media player to a newer version

b-rett686 · 11-14-2006, 05:33 PM

I've tried it on a computer with XP and the newest windows media player. Same thing. The same thing happens with DivX player and any other player I've tried.

Thanks!!

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