No video playback

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I have a secondary monitor (hp1502) and have connected it my to analogue connector, and all is well...

however, it seems that it cannot play video files, avi's, mpegs, even dvds...

i checked the settings in nvidia CP and it seems to be ok,even updated graphics card drivers (geforce6200).

i tried google, but its bring up loads of irrelevant stuff...

its plays ok on this monitor, but when i drag the movie file to the right (second monitor) then the movie picture freeze as if it was a screen shot but the voice is still there...

does anyone know why?

 

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Cheeks,

What media player (and version) are you using?

From what you say, it is the fact that the video is being moved from one screen to another?

 

I get this when trying to drag Realplayer (and sometimes WMP) between monitors. It's never bothered me enough to look into it, I just stop the video, move the player and then play again.

 

This is down to a weirdness with DirectX.

DirectX works by 'cutting a hole' in windows, and trying to push the video data mostly direct to the video memory (this is approximate). The problem is that most drivers only support one of these 'holes' at a time, so if you try and duplicate the video on another monitor you get a black box.

Some video drivers have a special mode where the video is directed to one screen while windows is on another. You have to select this mode though - it won't happen automaticaly. Otherwise make sure that only one screen is on at a time.

High-end Matrox cards can deal with more than once screen at a time quite well - which is why they are so expensive!

Harry.

 

figured the problem, but not a solution.

the file can only be played on the prinary monitor.

when i right click desktop
> settings
> [x] Use this device as the primary monitor

the which ever monitor is selected, that would be the monitor where i can playback video...

strange huh?

btw: im using vlc player, and for the meantime media player. dvd playback = powerdvd

 

Cheeks,

Glad you sorted it - at least you can play the file on the monitor you want.

 

This is from MS book

Make sure that the display with the best direct x support is the primary monitor. Only the primary monitor can run direct x applications in full screen mode and can fully accelerate direct x graphics.

So there doesnt appear to be a way around this.