Movies do not show on external TV

[Tony]

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I am using an s-video cable out of a laptop and into my
TV. I am able to see everything on my TV except a movie
I made with Movie maker. I see the media player on the
tv but where the video is, it is black. The video does
appear on my laptop screen. Has anyone seen this and
fixed it?

 

[Guest]

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"Tony" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:47a901c4908d$0a7b55a0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I am using an s-video cable out of a laptop and into my
> TV. I am able to see everything on my TV except a movie
> I made with Movie maker. I see the media player on the
> tv but where the video is, it is black. The video does
> appear on my laptop screen. Has anyone seen this and
> fixed it?

Using Windows Media Player? Go to Tools|Options Performance tab. Reduce
"Video Acceleration."

HTH,
Ian.

 

[Guest]

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"Tony" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:47a901c4908d$0a7b55a0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I am using an s-video cable out of a laptop and into my
> TV. I am able to see everything on my TV except a movie
> I made with Movie maker. I see the media player on the
> tv but where the video is, it is black. The video does
> appear on my laptop screen. Has anyone seen this and
> fixed it?

Tony

On my laptop (a Sony) I have to use Control Panel/Displays
to set the TV as the primary and the laptop screen as secondary
in order to view movies on a TV.

Dave