mobility radeon 9000 wont play movies in tvout

Meteo · May 3, 2003, 11:28 PM

everything else about the tvout works fine. it plays on the internal screen, just not on the output tvout screen. just a solid box where the movie should be.
this includes all types. quicktime, realmedia, divx, mpg.

is there anyway to fix this?

Zardon · May 4, 2003, 11:31 AM

Can you post your system specs, and the drivers you are using?

Meteo · May 5, 2003, 04:42 AM

My laptop is a dell Inspiron 600m, im plugging it to the tv with a s-video out

i used the drivers i downloaded from this thread http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...threadid=10960

i also used the mobility modder program on those drivers.

i uninstalled the preinstalled drivers from add/remove and then installed these. did i do anything wrong?

WyreTheWolf · May 5, 2003, 05:16 AM

This is a "feature" that is used on the ATi DVD player, and several other softwares for playing DVDs.

This feature disables your TV out whenever a DVD is playing. To help prevent people ripping DVDs to VHS, or other formats through the TV out... there is a hack someplace that disables this "feature" but I do not remember where I found it last time.

Do a search on Google.com, should yield some results.

Meteo · May 5, 2003, 03:57 PM

i wasnt playing dvds... im talking about playing regular movie files from the computer. divx, realmedia, quicktime. unless they fall under the same category?

patje · May 5, 2003, 04:01 PM

Did you or did you not install the ATI Control panel?

Meteo · May 6, 2003, 03:48 AM

the control panel came preinstalled, thats what i used turn on the tv mode

patje · May 6, 2003, 08:31 AM

ok, try reinstalling the latest control panel if the version differ.
Also make sure that you make the TV your primary monitor.
Most vid's will only play on your primary monitor.

GL

Patje

peroni · May 6, 2003, 04:50 PM

This is possibly another one of those overlay issues.
Go into the ATI driver settings and select the overlay tab, if available select the 'theater mode' box.
Then play the video, should work fine.

Should also work by making TV as the primary monitor as Patje suggested.

Meteo · May 7, 2003, 02:33 AM

ticking the "primary monitor" button on the control panel did it =D im surprised i didnt figure this out myself... many thanks Patje!

May 3, 2003, 11:28 PM	#1
Meteo DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	mobility radeon 9000 wont play movies in tvout everything else about the tvout works fine. it plays on the internal screen, just not on the output tvout screen. just a solid box where the movie should be. this includes all types. quicktime, realmedia, divx, mpg. is there anyway to fix this?

May 5, 2003, 04:01 PM	#6
patje Former Mobility Modman Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Belgium / Antwerp Posts: 1,475 Rep Power: 66	Did you or did you not install the ATI Control panel? __________________

May 6, 2003, 08:31 AM	#8
patje Former Mobility Modman Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Belgium / Antwerp Posts: 1,475 Rep Power: 66	ok, try reinstalling the latest control panel if the version differ. Also make sure that you make the TV your primary monitor. Most vid's will only play on your primary monitor. GL Patje __________________

May 6, 2003, 04:50 PM	#9
peroni DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 591 Rep Power: 0	This is possibly another one of those overlay issues. Go into the ATI driver settings and select the overlay tab, if available select the 'theater mode' box. Then play the video, should work fine. Should also work by making TV as the primary monitor as Patje suggested. __________________ Gaming Rig 3DMark2k1 PCMark2k2 The Server 3Dmark2k1 PCMark2k2 Notebook 3Dmark2k1 PCMark2k2

May 4, 2003, 11:31 AM	#2
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Can you post your system specs, and the drivers you are using?

May 5, 2003, 04:42 AM	Thread Starter #3
Meteo DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	My laptop is a dell Inspiron 600m, im plugging it to the tv with a s-video out i used the drivers i downloaded from this thread http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...threadid=10960 i also used the mobility modder program on those drivers. i uninstalled the preinstalled drivers from add/remove and then installed these. did i do anything wrong?

May 5, 2003, 05:16 AM	#4
WyreTheWolf Wolfish Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cave; Ozark Mountains Posts: 2,110 Rep Power: 0	This is a "feature" that is used on the ATi DVD player, and several other softwares for playing DVDs. This feature disables your TV out whenever a DVD is playing. To help prevent people ripping DVDs to VHS, or other formats through the TV out... there is a hack someplace that disables this "feature" but I do not remember where I found it last time. Do a search on Google.com, should yield some results.

May 5, 2003, 03:57 PM	Thread Starter #5
Meteo DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	i wasnt playing dvds... im talking about playing regular movie files from the computer. divx, realmedia, quicktime. unless they fall under the same category?

May 6, 2003, 03:48 AM	Thread Starter #7
Meteo DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	the control panel came preinstalled, thats what i used turn on the tv mode

May 7, 2003, 02:33 AM	Thread Starter #10
Meteo DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	ticking the "primary monitor" button on the control panel did it =D im surprised i didnt figure this out myself... many thanks Patje!