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Cynthiaaa
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18. September 2007 @ 02:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hola!

Well, I just connected my laptop into a Maytag 42? plasma screen tv, via a VGA plug. It seems to work perfectly fine at first, until I tried to play a random *.rm or *.avi video. All my *.rm, *.rmvb, *.avi, *.mp4 movies that work fine on my laptop turn into a plain black screen on my tv.
Since the whole point of connecting my laptop to this tv was to watch my videos on a big screen :(, I was wondering if anyone could help me fix that.

PS: I just had the latest k-lite codex installed on my pc, but the problem is still unchanged :(

Thanks xxx

(I hope this is the right section to post this thread?)
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19. September 2007 @ 04:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You can't play video files on your secondary screen, it's a common problem. Make the TV your primary monitor then it should work.



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Cynthiaaa
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19. September 2007 @ 14:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
mmm, seems logic, but how can I make it my primary monitor? I tried to mess with the settings but without really knowing what i was doing, and I messed up good and had to restore my pc into an earlier date :D
Can you plz help me set my tv as a primary monitor?(anyone else's help is also welcomed)
My laptop is a cheesy compaq presario 2500
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Cynthiaaa
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10. October 2007 @ 05:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Finally! I figured out a decent solution to watch my laptop videos (all formats included) on my VGA connected TV, without having this annoying black screen!

1-Get Directx 9 installed on ur pc (direct 9.0c worked fine for me)

2-Configure ur video player, Some player have optional overlay output.

[/VideoLAN Player:
Deselect the overlay video output



[/Media Player Classic (K-lite):
Select these choices.



Thank you for ur time?
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