black screen instead of video on TV-out

[guy24s]

Hi,

I have problems playing video files when i connect the videocard to my TV.

I get the desktop screen on the TV. Everything seems to work, but when i open a videofile (any format, DivX, MPG, SVCD, DVDs etc) it plays as usual on my monitor, but on the TV i get just black emptiness where the video should be.
I have tried many different players (PowerDVD, Mediaplayer, WinFastDVD player etc), it doesn't help.

What could be wrong? The videocard is Leadtek WinFast (GeForce 4 Ti 4800 SE).

[rlegault]

My Laptop does some freaky stuff like that. Try having the diplay ONLY on the TV and not also on your screen.

For example on my laptop, I have to disable the TFT and the Monitor output and everything works fine then.

[guy24s]

I already tried that, and unfortunately it didn't solve the problem for me.

The unlogic part of this problem is that everything else works when connecting it to the TV: pictures slideshows, mouse movements, works fine. It's ONLY videofiles that won't work.

I have also changed the videosettings in Windows, lowered the videocard resolution and colors to the absolute lowest in all ways, still it didn't solve the problem..

[jdjbuffalo]

I would use a program called TVTool.

I use it to play all kinds of video files on my TV. It works great but you will have to pay for it. I believe they have a demo that you can download that will do the TV-out thing for 15 minutes before asking you to purchase the product.

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[feeras]

Hi,

You might need to go into your video card settings and select Overlay for your tv out. With my G4MX440 i have, the overlay is set to be disabled on default. Once in a while it resets to being disabled at which point I reset it to the secondary device.

Hope that helps!
feeras

[Gritz]

Feeras is probably right. My video out has to be turned on in the Display Adapter settings before I can see it on TV. Also, on mine, everything needs to be hooked up ... that is, the TV connected on ON when I boot up with the right display settings. Mine is a Nvidia card with TwinView it's called. Often the TV screen has to be adjusted also afterwards (in the display settings again) to avoid cutting off the edges ..............

[guy24s]

Thanks guys,
i got the TV out to work now

However, from one problem to the next (read my next question on this forum).