crossposting from notebook forum...
I have an IBM T41. Recently I tried connecting my laptop to a tv via s-video cable because I wanted to watch some video files (avi, mpeg, etc) on a larger screen. I tried to run an avi file with wmp 6.4, and it didn't work (all that displayed within the wmp window was blackness). I then tried wmp 9, and it worked perfectly. Then in the middle of watching, I paused, and when I tried playing again, all that displayed on the TV screen (within wmp where the video is supposed to show) was blackness (everything else like start button, desktop, toolbar, windows explorer, etc display fine). I tried vlc and other programs, but none of those displayed either. Restarting doesn't help, and I've never been able to get video files to display on the tv anymore. I did not change any settings. Any ideas how to get it to work again?
I have an IBM T41. Recently I tried connecting my laptop to a tv via s-video cable because I wanted to watch some video files (avi, mpeg, etc) on a larger screen. I tried to run an avi file with wmp 6.4, and it didn't work (all that displayed within the wmp window was blackness). I then tried wmp 9, and it worked perfectly. Then in the middle of watching, I paused, and when I tried playing again, all that displayed on the TV screen (within wmp where the video is supposed to show) was blackness (everything else like start button, desktop, toolbar, windows explorer, etc display fine). I tried vlc and other programs, but none of those displayed either. Restarting doesn't help, and I've never been able to get video files to display on the tv anymore. I did not change any settings. Any ideas how to get it to work again?
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