No video from the laptop, very odd....

[greatsave9]

I have a Compaq 1800T laptop, and when I hook it up to the TV, I use the RCA Video cord out, since there is no S-Video. So I hook it up, I have my screen on the TV and laptop. I try to open up a Windows Media Player, PowerDVD or any Video feed and it will just not play the video. Sorta like a black screen only in the video part of the TV. I can see the rest of my desktop on the TV and the movie plays fine on my Laptop. Either VCD, AVI or Mpeg, nothing is working. Please help!

[Jester700]

Try right clicking on MY COMPUTER, then clicking PROPERTIES and PERFORMANCE. Go to Video Acceleration and take it down a notch. Click OK and see what that does. Go down a notch at a time until you see the vid or you're at the bottom. If you "hit bottom", that ain't it - set it back to the top.

This has something to do with video overlay, IIRC. It worked on my Win98 box when a vid editing prog was froggy. I'm at win2k now, so I'm working from memory.

[greatsave9]

Ya im running win2k, its a ATI video card.

That still did not work. Any other suggestions.

[Jester700]

My win2k box doesn't have video acceleration in the same spot; I dunno where they moved it. Try that if you can find it. If it doesn't work, you may want to try a different version of DirectX. I'm taking shots in the dark here, in case you haven't noticed...

[Paully_Pocket]

i have the exact same problem. can neone help?

[deemanw]

did anyone have an answer for this one?

[crahak]

Guys, that is the _classic_ laptop thing... Most laptops don't have macrovision protection hardware on their TV outputs, so the DVD playing software will not let you do it (they are paranoid enough to think you will buy a laptop to pirate movies I guess). Pisses a lot of people off when they find out for the first time lol