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Mortifix
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_ 		26. February 2009 @ 01:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I am hooking up my laptop to my TV and extending my desktop and watching mkv's that way. Until recently everything worked fine. When I drag a movie over to the TV, the player just shows black. I can still hear audio, but there is no picture. I know there is a setting that I messed up...I just don't know what it is. Thanks.
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KajNrig
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_ 		26. February 2009 @ 11:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Uh... are you on an SDTV or an HDTV? It might be that your .mkv is too high of a resolution for your TV.

Try one of your old .mkvs that you know work and see if those play.

It could be that, or a connection problem. How are your laptop/TV connected?
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Mortifix
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_ 		27. February 2009 @ 03:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sorry forgot to mention its an HDTV. I have tried old mkv's that I know worked on my old HDTV, but now they don't work on either. I have it hooked up through VGA from my laptop to VGA port on my TV.
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