I need AT's infinite wisdom to help a client with his thesis defense

[BigToque]

My client has a powerpoint presentation that he is showing on an LCD Projector. The video plays fine on the computer, but the screen is black on the projector.

I did some digging around and found the "solution" is to disable hardware acceleration. When you disable HA, the video plays, but it's extremely choppy!

So my question is, how do I get the video to play and NOT be choppy?

I've thought of 2 possible solutions:

1: Try the file on a faster computer. The one he has is a 2.4ghz p4. We have a 3.0 ghz p4.

2: Burn the MPG file as a DVD video and switch between video and presentation (not very pretty)

I was also wondering if there is a way to encode the file as something that can play without disabling hardware acceleration. I don't know what I could try to encode the file as.

I'm looking for anything here guys...

 

[HN]

set projector to be the primary display?

or

the video card in the computer, does it happen to be an ATI? i believe there is a setting for "theater mode" for these occasions.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: HN
set projector to be the primary display?

Winner

- M4H

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: HN
set projector to be the primary display?

Winner

- M4H

I'll definitely try that.

I'm curious to know why would that make a difference, if the image is just being cloned on both the laptop and the projector anyway?

 

[HN]

Originally posted by: BigToque

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: HN
set projector to be the primary display?

Winner

- M4H

I'll definitely try that.

I'm curious to know why would that make a difference, if the image is just being cloned on both the laptop and the projector anyway?

with the projector being the primary display, you can keep hardware acceleration on. any more than that is beyond my technical "expertise" 😱

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: HN

Originally posted by: BigToque

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: HN
set projector to be the primary display?

Winner

- M4H

I'll definitely try that.

I'm curious to know why would that make a difference, if the image is just being cloned on both the laptop and the projector anyway?

with the projector being the primary display, you can keep hardware acceleration on. any more than that is beyond my technical "expertise" 😱

90% of video cards only have a single video overlay, and it's bound to the primary monitor. No overlay, no video.

If the laptop had an onboard Matrox P-series, it wouldn't be an issue. 😛

- M4H

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: HN

Originally posted by: BigToque

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: HN
set projector to be the primary display?

Winner

- M4H

I'll definitely try that.

I'm curious to know why would that make a difference, if the image is just being cloned on both the laptop and the projector anyway?

with the projector being the primary display, you can keep hardware acceleration on. any more than that is beyond my technical "expertise" 😱

90% of video cards only have a single video overlay, and it's bound to the primary monitor. No overlay, no video.

If the laptop had an onboard Matrox P-series, it wouldn't be an issue. 😛

- M4H

Awesome... thanks 😛

 

[notfred]

Hmm? every laptop I've ever used has let me play video just fine on a TV as a second monitor.