watching mkv movies on RCA TV

[The_Doman]

Hi Doman,
I'm using Windows 7 home premium.
I don't see any indication on the laptop that I've connected the TV to it;
although I'm not sure where I should look to find that out?

Sorry i missed this specific post earlier i think.
To verify things, I have connected my LG TV/Monitor with VGA input to my Windows 7 Dell E6410 VGA output here.
Indeed at default it will not show a picture on the VGA output to the TV!
To make it work, you first need to enable the VGA output from the display/screen control panel.
Go to control panel/Display/Screen Resolution.
There then you should be able to activate the VGA output.
Possible you need to press detect first.
Then you should be able to display the desktop on your TV by choosing extending,duplicating or show only on the 2nd/VGA display.


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I'm sorry if I described my laptop as a Latitude E6410. It's a Latitude E5410.

No need for that at all, i only mentioned my E6410 because they are of similar age/generation.

Hi Doman,
I have a DVD player attached to the TV which plays well; but when
I tried playing the same video on my laptop (not connected to the TV) it said,
'it's not possible to turn on analog copy protection on the output display,
and that I should install updated drivers for the video card'. I'm not sure if that means anything.

This is something with the player and copy protection of the DVD, but has no relation now to the VGA output question.
Don't go/bother with drivers updating.
Probably a better player should play the DVD without problems.
Media-Player-Classic-Home-Cinema for example?

[flashandpan007]

https://www.dell.com/support/product-details/en-us/servicetag/0-dncyQytsTXY0VC9TMkNRND...Odz090/drivers
I was hoping for some details, but I think the only thing left is to use a VGA to HDMI Adapter, if VGA direct to TV doesn't work. TV is limited and Notebook is limited.

Why limited?
At least it has a Core I-5 CPU (1st gen, but still)
What would do a HDMI to VGA adapter in this situation?
The laptop only has VGA out.
Try another cable if available??
Try with another VGA monitor if possible?
What does Windows display setting message/show when you connect the VGA?
And what Windows are you using?

Please read my posts carefully

https://www.dell.com/support/product-details/en-us/servicetag/0-dncyQytsTXY0VC9TMkNRND...Odz090/drivers
I was hoping for some details, but I think the only thing left is to use a VGA to HDMI Adapter, if VGA direct to TV doesn't work. TV is limited and Notebook is limited.

He doesn't want a new TV, he wants to use the VGA only (limited) output Notebook and the TV has poor VGA support (limited), so a VGA to HDMI converter would be the only thing that could be possible and use 1080p
But best is to buy a new TV or an external player based on android could be the cheapest option, as jagabo already stated. But I think he doesn't want to buy a cheap android box.

[dannyboy48888]

Get a cheap agptek box off Amazon, most of them have av out and can adjust aspect ratio. Etc. double bonus is no worry about cinavia and you get a remote and they have HDMI out for future projects. Anything else is bending something that ain't meant to do what you want so you'll have off aspect ratios etc

[The_Doman]

He doesn't want a new TV, he wants to use the VGA only (limited) output Notebook and the TV has poor VGA support (limited), so a VGA to HDMI converter would be the only thing that could be possible and use 1080p

Why bother with converters, the TV only has 1366x768.
VGA will look good enough, it is not THAT bad, for this purpose.

It will downscale the higher input resolutions.

Yes there is no playback option of video/media/network.
May be understandable as this TV only has a resolution of 1366x768 (HD Ready)

[Shinnen]

https://www.dell.com/support/product-details/en-us/servicetag/0-dncyQytsTXY0VC9TMkNRND...Odz090/drivers
I was hoping for some details, but I think the only thing left is to use a VGA to HDMI Adapter, if VGA direct to TV doesn't work. TV is limited and Notebook is limited.

Hi,
I tried this with no luck. I'll try it on my other TV later. Thanks for the idea.
..... john

[The_Doman]

To verify things, I have connected my LG TV/Monitor with VGA input to my Windows 7 Dell E6410 VGA output here.
Indeed at default it will not show a picture on the VGA output to the TV!
To make it work, you first need to enable the VGA output from the display/screen control panel.

Just adding, Windows 10/11 behaves differently, when you connect a 2nd VGA (or other output) monitor/cable, it immediately activates the 2nd display here.

And again, VGA to HDMI (or whatever) converters will solve nothing and should not be needed in this situation.

[Shinnen]

Hi Doman,
I'm using Windows 7 home premium.
I don't see any indication on the laptop that I've connected the TV to it;
although I'm not sure where I should look to find that out?

Sorry i missed this specific post earlier i think.
To verify things, I have connected my LG TV/Monitor with VGA input to my Windows 7 Dell E6410 VGA output here.
Indeed at default it will not show a picture on the VGA output to the TV!
To make it work, you first need to enable the VGA output from the display/screen control panel.
Go to control panel/Display/Screen Resolution.
There then you should be able to activate the VGA output.
Possible you need to press detect first.
Then you should be able to display the desktop on your TV by choosing extending,duplicating or show only on the 2nd/VGA display.

I'm sorry if I described my laptop as a Latitude E6410. It's a Latitude E5410.

No need for that at all, i only mentioned my E6410 because they are of similar age/generation.

Hi Doman,
I have a DVD player attached to the TV which plays well; but when
I tried playing the same video on my laptop (not connected to the TV) it said,
'it's not possible to turn on analog copy protection on the output display,
and that I should install updated drivers for the video card'. I'm not sure if that means anything.

This is something with the player and copy protection of the DVD, but has no relation now to the VGA output question.
Don't go/bother with drivers updating.
Probably a better player should play the DVD without problems.
Media-Player-Classic-Home-Cinema for example?

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Here's a picture of what I get, only one drive ever shows.

[Attachment 89565 - Click to enlarge]
Does everyone agree here, that we're flogging a dead horse?
... john

[flashandpan007]

He doesn't want a new TV, he wants to use the VGA only (limited) output Notebook and the TV has poor VGA support (limited), so a VGA to HDMI converter would be the only thing that could be possible and use 1080p

Why bother with converters, the TV only has 1366x768.
VGA will look good enough, it is not THAT bad, for this purpose.

It will downscale the higher input resolutions.

Yes there is no playback option of video/media/network.
May be understandable as this TV only has a resolution of 1366x768 (HD Ready)

The next limitation

I'm out

[The_Doman]

Here's a picture of what I get, only one drive ever shows.

[Attachment 89565 - Click to enlarge]
Does everyone agree here, that we're flogging a dead horse?
... john

All is ghosted/greyed and shows standard VGA adapter.
This indicates there is no GPU driver installed/active.
Also it probably explains the playback problems of your DVD.
Check in control panel/device manager/display adapters if it shows Intel® HD Graphics adapter.
If not, go to the DELL support page and download (re)install the Intel GPU/chip set drivers for your Windows 7.
Check if you are on 32 or 64bit for the correct drivers.
Dell Support: Latitude E5410 Drivers

Or better reinstall the drivers anyway to be sure.

It should show like this as shown from a ThinkPad X201 with similar 1st gen Core I5-M520 GPU adapter:


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[dannyboy48888]

Something's off, windows since the dawn of xp pretty much supported Intel graphics out of the box with additional drivers adding some functionality. Ive only seen this scenario really when putting a old windows on a newer laptop. I agree with The_Doman, get the updated drivers.if that's not possible then to answer the original posted question get a cheap media box off Amazon, they still have some with VGA as well.

[Shinnen]

Hi,
I installed the The Intel Graphics drivers for the E5410 (64 bit) but it caused the system to hang on startup. (System restore fixed up though.) There's something odd going on here.
I'm in the process of trying a Windows XP computer on another screen; which seems to work; but haven't yet tried it on the system I want it to work on. If that works, I'm good to go; but I would still like to figure out the E5410 issue. It must have something to do with drivers, I think. All that shows up under Display drivers is "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter", nothing else.
.....john

[The_Doman]

Hi,
I installed the The Intel Graphics drivers for the E5410 (64 bit) but it caused the system to hang on startup. (System restore fixed up though.) There's something odd going on here.....

Sure , why would things be that easy.

Did you try the latest/both versions from the Dell site?
Video_Driver_W33X5_WN_8.15.10.2993_A11.EXE

I would suggest doing a checkdisk and run the sfc /scannow command on the system.

Then try the latest driver from the intel site:

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver, Windows 7* 64, Windows Vista* 64

Possible you need the Intel Chipset Driver too, it is also on the Dell site.

I really would not go the route trying to install XP on that laptop.
Windows 7 should work fine.