Play video in TV and work in Monitor

[mraza]

heloo guys !

thanks to all for this great comunity. i have a question if somebody knows about it. i want to play a movie in my computer and to watch in TV. now i can watch my movie this way but i can't use my monitor for anything else.i hooked up via DVI and S Video to my TV. is there anyway that i can watch movie in TV but in monitor i can use my computer, meanwhile the movie will play on TV. i am using Geoforce 6200 256mb card on Pentium 4 processor 3 GH.

thanks guys for your help.

[redwudz]

Check your video card settings in the 'Control Panel>Display Settings' tab. You should have two check boxes there and it should show two monitors above. Depending how you have those check boxes set and if your card is capable of driving two monitors at the same time you may be able to do what you want by changing the check boxes. There are check boxes for each monitor.

Some video cards will only let you use one digital output (DVI, HDMI) and one analog output (VGA, S-video, composite) at the same time. Two separate analog or digital outputs at once may be too much.

And running two different displays of any type may be a strain on your video card, CPU and or RAM if you want full performance on both. But give it a try.

I have used that type card with a DVI and a VGA monitor at the same time, and it did work. You might check your video card manual and see what it says.

But others may be able to give you better info, as I haven't done that in a while.

And welcome to our forums.

[mraza]

thanks for your reply sir. infect my problem is when i went to Control Panel>Display Setting tab, there is not showing any option to select me other monitor only one

Display:
Plug and play Monitor NVIDIA GeForce 6200

there is no other option to change it. i think my card not supporting that thing. i am using s-video to TV and VGA to monitor cables. but now i am thinking to get another card. can you tell me any good AGP card in which i can use theater mode ( full screen on my TV and i can use my monitor) . i am just going to buy. thanks for your help

[Baldrick]

Did you try click on the advanced button under the display settings? You should have more options there.

And install latest nvidia drivers for your geforce 6200 card.

[mraza]

this card is 6200 TC and i think this card don't have support for the dual mode. so i just get a new card 6200 TurboForce and its working great. it has all the aptions that you mention above guys. anyways thanks for your help and thanks for this great site for solving problems of people around the world. keep sharing

[redwudz]

You're welcome. Good to hear you solved the problem.