Issue with Divx and S-Video Out (movies not showing up on TV) Help needed.

[Rooster286]

Hello, I currently have a Compaq laptop that I am attempting to get working with Divx and S-Video output. DVDs, Games, Applications output fine, however when I attempt to run Divx movies (using both Windows Media Player and the Divx Player) they play fine on my Laptop LCD, however they do not output to the TV, all I get is the respective player, and where the movie should be is only a blank black screen. Any idea on how this occurs? and how to fix it?

Input is appreciated.

 

[hjo3]

The TV needs to be set as your primary display. You should be able to do that from Control Panel > Display > Settings or thereabouts.

 

[PCMarine]

I read somewhere on how to fix that problem, but I forgot, sorry

 

[SuperFreaky]

Try upgrading to media player 9.0, that fixed it for me. If not try using Zoom Player

 

[Viper GTS]

Disable hardware acceleration.

Viper GTS

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: hjo3
The TV needs to be set as your primary display. You should be able to do that from Control Panel > Display > Settings or thereabouts.

Yeah, this should do it; I was trying to play an MPEG file on my laptop, hooked up to the TV - the desktop showed up on both screens (the laptop's and the TV) but the video window on the TV was blank - it was playing on the laptop only. I switched the TV to be the main display; both screens flickered off, and when they came right back, the video was playing just on the TV.

 

[Rooster286]

Thanks for the help, oddly I am unable to set the TV to primary, but I found a setting in the ATI Mobility Radeon software that let me activate it....

I appreciate the help

Thanks!

 

[Sid59]

i usually extend my desktop to the tv and watch it there. Much easier than setting the tv as primary.

 

[Rooster286]

Yes I found out that works as well, however when I "unextend" the desktop, I have to go and switch the output to display identical to the LCD, rather than extended...so it ends up being a pain either way