External Display not showing DVD's
I have a LCM projector connected to my laptop's monitor port. I was testing this to see how movie files would look on a larger scale. At first I could not see anything played under Windows Media Player 10.0 or WinDVD. However a tip from another post here solved the issue of playing a .wmv file under Media Player and now the .wmv files are seen on the external display. However, a DVD still is not displayed under Media Player or WinDVD. I can see them fine on the laptop screen but not through the exteranl LCD projector. What needs to happen?
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Try dropping the colour depth as well.
This is a frequent question with our laptop users.
As stated above, some video cards cannot display to both int and ext cards.
You can see the picture on the laptop, but it is most likely just a black window on the projector. You must switch the video to just the projector. There is usually a key combo to do this on a laptop. FN + F5 will toggle through the display outputs. Switch to only the CRT(projector). If you have a movie open, you must close it before switching. Some video cards will not let you toggle the display with video intensive programs open. Sometimes 16bit plays when 32bit won't.
Close DVD program.
Switch to just the projector.
Re open the DVD program. Enjoy.
I have a laptop and projector with the same deal. I have to deal with it when playing movies on the wall too. :)
As stated above, some video cards cannot display to both int and ext cards.
You can see the picture on the laptop, but it is most likely just a black window on the projector. You must switch the video to just the projector. There is usually a key combo to do this on a laptop. FN + F5 will toggle through the display outputs. Switch to only the CRT(projector). If you have a movie open, you must close it before switching. Some video cards will not let you toggle the display with video intensive programs open. Sometimes 16bit plays when 32bit won't.
Close DVD program.
Switch to just the projector.
Re open the DVD program. Enjoy.
I have a laptop and projector with the same deal. I have to deal with it when playing movies on the wall too. :)
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Thanks for the quick responsed. Unfortunately, I will not be able to tes them since the LCD projector was from work and I was testing it at home last night. Will try the suggesstions after the weekend and reply and award points accordingly.
I think my answer is also warranted for points split. I have dealt with this issue at my organization dozens of times when a user has external video source such as a 2nd monitor or lcd projector.