Using TV to watch DVD from computer - how?

My graphics card is a NVidia Geforce Fx5600 with 256Meg. It has a S-video
outlet socket on the card.

I was hoping to use my computer to play dvd movies but transfer the picture
to my TV. I have tried connecting a lead from the S-video socket on the card
to 'video in' on my TV but there is no picture - even after scanning all the
freq on my TV.

Any advice to set it up properly would be appreciated.

TIA

AGR wrote:

My graphics card is a NVidia Geforce Fx5600 with 256Meg. It has a S-video
outlet socket on the card.

I was hoping to use my computer to play dvd movies but transfer the picture
to my TV. I have tried connecting a lead from the S-video socket on the card
to 'video in' on my TV but there is no picture - even after scanning all the
freq on my TV.

Any advice to set it up properly would be appreciated.

TIA



I have a Geforce 2 MX (Dont laugh) which I had similar problems. I
sodded around for hours until I noticed that my TV had a S-Video socket,
but on the TV itself (a panasonic) there was a toggle in setup that
changed the socket from S-Video to RGB (I switched to S-Video, as it was
on RGB) and it worked! Perhaps you should look into your tv setup.

Also, if you are connecting the the computer to the TV you need to put
your TV into 0av or 1av mode (on my tv at least!)

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ICQ 112-191-725

Set your screen mode to clone mode or vertical span. Then set Full-screen
Device in Overlay controls to Auto-select. When you play a DVD, it will go
to your secondary screen.

--
Robert Pendell

ICQ# 15670441
AIM: shinji2570
MSN:

"AGR" wrote in message
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My graphics card is a NVidia Geforce Fx5600 with 256Meg. It has a S-video
outlet socket on the card.

I was hoping to use my computer to play dvd movies but transfer the
picture
to my TV. I have tried connecting a lead from the S-video socket on the
card
to 'video in' on my TV but there is no picture - even after scanning all
the
freq on my TV.

Any advice to set it up properly would be appreciated.

TIA

Forgot to mention that you may have to set it to Secondary Display instead
of Auto-select if you use clone mode. Also, you may need to get a program
called AnyDVD by SlySoft to get DVD's to play on your TV properly.

--
Robert Pendell

ICQ# 15670441
AIM: shinji2570
MSN:
Yahoo: shinji2572000

"Robert Pendell" wrote in message
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Set your screen mode to clone mode or vertical span. Then set Full-screen
Device in Overlay controls to Auto-select. When you play a DVD, it will
go
to your secondary screen.

--
Robert Pendell

ICQ# 15670441
AIM: shinji2570
MSN:

"AGR" wrote in message
...
My graphics card is a NVidia Geforce Fx5600 with 256Meg. It has a
S-video
outlet socket on the card.

I was hoping to use my computer to play dvd movies but transfer the
picture
to my TV. I have tried connecting a lead from the S-video socket on the
card
to 'video in' on my TV but there is no picture - even after scanning all
the
freq on my TV.

Any advice to set it up properly would be appreciated.

TIA

To use the video input on your TV you have to set it to AV - scanning the
frequencies wont help as the video input does not use the tuner input.

David

"Tony!" wrote:

On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:03:54 +0000 (UTC), MCR
wrote:

AGR wrote:

My graphics card is a NVidia Geforce Fx5600 with 256Meg. It has a S-video
outlet socket on the card.

I was hoping to use my computer to play dvd movies but transfer the picture
to my TV. I have tried connecting a lead from the S-video socket on the card
to 'video in' on my TV but there is no picture - even after scanning all the
freq on my TV.

Any advice to set it up properly would be appreciated.

TIA



I have a Geforce 2 MX (Dont laugh) which I had similar problems. I
sodded around for hours until I noticed that my TV had a S-Video socket,
but on the TV itself (a panasonic) there was a toggle in setup that
changed the socket from S-Video to RGB (I switched to S-Video, as it was
on RGB) and it worked! Perhaps you should look into your tv setup.

Also, if you are connecting the the computer to the TV you need to put
your TV into 0av or 1av mode (on my tv at least!)

Hey.. No reason to laugh!

My Visontek geforce2 mx 400 w/64M
has made me very very happy with all the latest games and everything
on full..

sigh... up until Deus Ex which required T&L
Grrrrrrrrr...

-T-