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Svideo cord and movie playback

post #1 of 6
7/12/05 at 10:47pm
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I recently got an s-video cord for my m680... It hooks up fine to the tv... i can see the desktop and browse the web etc... but when I try to play a video all I get is black. I've tried playing clips in windows media and a dvd with powerdvd and still the same black on the tv while it plays fine on the laptop... anyone have any ideas? Thanks.
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post #2 of 6
7/12/05 at 11:47pm
Uninstall PowerDVD and download the trial version of WinDVD and see if that works.

http://www.intervideo.com/jsp/Downlo...nu/WinDVD7.exe
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post #3 of 6
7/13/05 at 12:12am
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i don't see why that would make a difference since windows media doesn't work either for just regular avi files
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post #4 of 6
7/13/05 at 12:30am
Your using Windows XP Home SP2 I guess. What video drivers are you using?
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post #5 of 6
7/13/05 at 1:36am
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version 6.14.10.6512 i downloaded from gateway after a clean install
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post #6 of 6
7/13/05 at 1:40am
Most DVD or Video player programs use overlay mode to display video. The S-Video out can't 'see' overlay mode. You need to turn off video acceleration or overlay mode in your DVD software to send it out the video port.
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