How to watch avi full screen on a NTSC TV via S video?

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In article <473f4f0b.0409162143.7682cadd@posting.google.com>, pmbel1
@sbcglobal.net says...
> I had ME installed on my notebook and used to watch avi full screen on
> a NTSC TV via S video. I used either DIVX or Windows - doesn't matter.
> The catch is that you switch to a secondary display, and then the
> contents of DIVX screen blows up to TV when you switch to full sceen
> in DIVX.
>
> Now, I upgraded to XP I still see a computer screen duplicated to TV
> via S video; but the contents of DIVX window is black always, and I
> can't find a way to switch displays
>
> If anybody knows the hint how to watch avi on a TV monitor full
> screen, please, please...
>
> [I know about resolutions. I even switched to 640x480, which is not
> quite obvious under XP]

Try making the TV the primary display.