Jamtastic3 Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 So I'm going to throw this one out to you guys and see what sort of kind words I get back. A few days ago I set up a projector where the promoter wanted to play a DVD film from his laptop via Windows Media 11.After setting it up and putting the DVD in, the DVD played but there was no picture in the window or on the projector screen. He said that it normally worked at home but I wasn't getting any picture coming onto the projector screen. Why do you think this is? The projector is a Sony 'something-or-other' (sorry no real spec) but I know that you can't change the projector's resolution/picture size and has various source settings (we were using VGA/COMP INPUT 1). The thing is, I've had this problem with Windows computers before in this setup situation. Setting up dual monitors doesn't do anything either. I never have problems with macs as it seems to be easier to mirror the image to the screen. So I'm not sure how to get past this one in the future. The only wild theory I go by is that the DVD might have some encryption on it that blocks the allowance of public viewing???Any advice would be great. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternewman Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I'm not entirely sure if its not showing up at all, or just not showing on the cloned/extended external screen/projector, but the standard first thing to check is to turn hardware acceleration down/off, which should then hopefully make it appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djw1981 Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 If not, try running on only one desktop (ie not in clone / extended mode) with th projector as the one output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jivemaster Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 I couldnt get DVDs to play even on the only monitor! VLCmedia player solved everything and its a free download! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Seen similar problems and it was solved by setting the Video acceleration right down. In Media Player, select More Options from one of the drop down menus, then Performance. The Video Acceleration is there. Try it and see :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnomatron Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 Get your bosses to spring 30 quid for a dvd player from richer sounds, it's only round the corner <_< There's a load of things it could be with a laptop, to be honest. It's pretty easy to get extended desktop on, right click on the desktop->settings and go the last tab on the wee window, should have a picture of a second screen, click it and check the "extend my windows desktop onto this monitor" box. Your proj will only output in it's native resolution, BUT it will take a whole range of inputs. Stick the laptop output at 800*600 or something like that, it's as close to PAL as you'll get, and better than DVD resolution. Your proj is probably 800*600 or 1024*768 native, given the size and whatnot. (don't need any vjs do you? I could do with more gigs :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted June 19, 2007 Share Posted June 19, 2007 The best solution I've found so far is Video Lan Client. Plays most things, and ignores the stupid "Won't play this on external monitor" rubbish that I've seen several times with WMP.- With DVDs I've seen this even with hardware acceleration off, and in 'extended desktop' mode. Extremely annoying. The bonus is of course that VLC has external playback controls - unlike WMP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamtastic3 Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share Posted June 20, 2007 Cool, thanks for all your advice guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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