Okay...so I'm looking to expand my world out a bit. I hooked my video card up to my TV through a DVI output converted to RCA.

Video card is an Asylum 5900 w/ Forceware 84.21 driver.

I've attempted to use Windows Media Player, DIVX player and Real Player.

I can only get video on the "Primary" monitor. I can't get it on both my monitor and my TV. Both screens look identical except the "Primary" will play my movies, and the secondary shows a black screen.

I don't mind converting back and forth between Primary and Secondary, but is there a way to get video both places?

I have been told that problem can be resolved with a hardware acceleration setting....but i'm not sure. I'm sure some Apexers here will know (dangit...used to sound better with pimps :-P)

Quote: Originally Posted by Darksamurai Okay...so I'm looking to expand my world out a bit. I hooked my video card up to my TV through a DVI output converted to RCA. Video card is an Asylum 5900 w/ Forceware 84.21 driver. I've attempted to use Windows Media Player, DIVX player and Real Player. I can only get video on the "Primary" monitor. I can't get it on both my monitor and my TV. Both screens look identical except the "Primary" will play my movies, and the secondary shows a black screen. I don't mind converting back and forth between Primary and Secondary, but is there a way to get video both places?

Hey Darksamurai,

I have an extra monitor hooked up to my laptop, i'm guessing with an actual TV the settings would be set differently compared to a computer monitor but in order for my extra monitor to either be used as a clone of the primary monitor or used as an extension of my primary monitor will depend on the settings in my properties window under the settings tab. My graphics card can support two monitors and so i'm able to use my extra monitor as an extension of my primary monitor, so i can watch a movie on my extended monitor and play a game for example on my primary monitor. It ultimately depends on the settings. Having the TV as an extension instead of a monitor is basically the same concept, so i'm assuming you'd have to change some of the graphics cards settings to get that working (provided all the raw connections are connected correctly).

Try changing the refresh rate. A standard NTSC TV (probably any TV in the US) refreshes at 60Hz. That could be the issue but I'm not really sure. I had the same problem playing videos using the TV out on my vid card but it wasn't a big deal for me and I never solved the problem.

Quote: Originally Posted by Darksamurai I can only get video on the "Primary" monitor. I can't get it on both my monitor and my TV. Both screens look identical except the "Primary" will play my movies, and the secondary shows a black screen. I don't mind converting back and forth between Primary and Secondary, but is there a way to get video both places?

Once upon a time, I'd have said "that's a RAMDAC problem!" Used to be, a single RAMDAC would drive both video outputs, so you'd have one window that could show the video, and one that could not.

However, that 5900 (xt?) from BFG has dual RAMDAC's, according to the website, so that's not the issue.

Therefore, I'd suggest looking at your Overlay settings. Go into your Display settings (right click on your desktop and choose Properties). Click the Settings tab, and then click the Advanced button. Now, you're running an nVidia card, so you may not have an Overelay tab that shows up, but there should be some method of checking the Overlay settings. There you should be able to specify how your card deals with video across both display devices.

-Godling