Please let me preface this by saying that I'm at my wit's end with this issue I'm having. And that I'm at a slightly above average in computer literacy. I have an ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 video card on two computers in my home. On occasion, I have connected either one of them to my television via a basic s-video cable.
On several occasions, I have been able to set the computer's monitor and the television as primaries, such that videos will play on both the computer and the tv at the same time. (In the "display" settings, there are two boxes under both the computer monitor and the tv icons. One is a 'circle' (primary), and the other is two 'squares' (secondary)).
For some reasons, I cannot replicate this setting. For the life of me, I cannot get the video to play on both screens. When I select the 'circle' on one, the other automatically becomes the squares. I did a basic search on Google, and even read an article that stated that Windows XP does not allow one to play a video on both screens---which is obviously not true, since I've done it many times.
Not more than 2 weeks ago, I set up a basic dual monitor for my folks, and had the same problem. I worked on it for several hours, and after tweaking this-and-that and making changes to various settings--- it suddenly allowed me to select two 'circles' and viola, both monitors showed video.
Why on earth am I having this problem? Am I missing some obvious setting and being an idiot?
On several occasions, I have been able to set the computer's monitor and the television as primaries, such that videos will play on both the computer and the tv at the same time. (In the "display" settings, there are two boxes under both the computer monitor and the tv icons. One is a 'circle' (primary), and the other is two 'squares' (secondary)).
For some reasons, I cannot replicate this setting. For the life of me, I cannot get the video to play on both screens. When I select the 'circle' on one, the other automatically becomes the squares. I did a basic search on Google, and even read an article that stated that Windows XP does not allow one to play a video on both screens---which is obviously not true, since I've done it many times.
Not more than 2 weeks ago, I set up a basic dual monitor for my folks, and had the same problem. I worked on it for several hours, and after tweaking this-and-that and making changes to various settings--- it suddenly allowed me to select two 'circles' and viola, both monitors showed video.
Why on earth am I having this problem? Am I missing some obvious setting and being an idiot?
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