Watching Video from my PC on my TV

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NukedFood Posts 4 Registration date Thursday February 19, 2009 Status Member Last seen February 22, 2009 - Feb 20, 2009 at 11:54 AM
 Meatball - Aug 12, 2010 at 06:26 PM
Hello,

I got a basic setup where I use an S-Video cable to watch videos from my PC to my TV. When I use windows media player the video plays on my monitor but not on my TV. But when I used VLC it played on both.

Then I reinstalled Windows, used the same graphics card driver as before but now when I use VLC the video does not come up on my TV. Thought it might be because I was using a newer version of VLC, but I uninstalled and used an older version and it still doesn't work. Updated graphics driver but it still won't work on my TV

Anyone know why this would happen? Anyone got any suggestions?

Cheers
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veronika christine
Mar 26, 2010 at 04:02 PM
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Use an Fn key on your keyboard and either F8 or F4 at once. Use these keys twice:first to video appears to your tv second usage(press) to see your Laptop picture and tv picture at once.
Thanks, Bosnian man.

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You have to hold the function key "Fn", and press either "F8" or "F4".
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You don't have to watch downloaded video only on your computer screen: hook up your computer to a television to watch video on your hard drive with the big-screen effect.

All you need to do so is a TV out port on your computer and the right cable. Check out the back of your PC or the sides of your laptop for an S-Video port, pictured on the right. (If you don't have one, video cards with S-Video ports are available for under $100.) Then, check your TV's inputs. Many TVs have S-Video ports in so you'll need an S-Video to S-Video cable. If not, an S-Video to RCA cable will work. Connect the computer to the television while the computer's off and the TV's on. Then turn on the computer to give your machine the chance to detect it has an external display available.

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computer_geek
May 30, 2010 at 09:46 PM
you shouldnt have updated now your screwed dude
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i'm sure you know about this but you have to drag the program from screen to screen. so you click on something hold it down and drag it like the two screens are side by side.
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What I do is hook up my media PC to my TV via HDMI / RGB cable and just have VLC player running full screen all the time. I use www.avcstreamer.com to actually stream all my videos to vlc. Its really good at pausing, skipping, and has video thumbnails - I control it from any home laptop or my ipod touch. I can also stream to any other pc as well as stream live TV when I'm away. I've got it working like a sling box where I can get my tv on my iphone via 3g!
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same thing happened here man
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Two things you need to get:
1. TV card
2. cable

link up your TV with PC monitor and adjust the output video quality on your computer screen.

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