TechMonkey Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 If you just use a splitter is there still a problem playing video on both sources? I seem to remember on some of our laptops you had to have it set to just the projector if you were showing a video otherwise if you had it set to both the video would only play on the primary output (the notebook screen).
enjay Posted June 11, 2007 Author Posted June 11, 2007 @TechMonkey - never found that problem, but then as far as the PC is concerned there is only one output. The video playback problem might exist on dual-head graphics cards though - could someone with one of those confirm/deny this, as I might yet go with dual heads...
riedquat Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 @Techmonkey - the video playback problem you describe is due to the video being played via an overlay, most modern dual head cards will have settings to alter how video overlays behave. On Intel cards it's in the overlay settings section whilst on ATI systems, the setting you are looking for is 'theatre' mode , as for Nvidia, I don't have one in front of me atm to check but i'm sure it's somewhere in the overlay settings.
Geoff Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 Also, the DRM can bite you here. For example DVDs on Media Player. It'll only output the video on the primary display, despite what you tell it to do in the graphics card options.
enjay Posted June 11, 2007 Author Posted June 11, 2007 So, as long as I make the IWB the primary display, I'll be fine. Right?
leon Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 Aye, the media player will output nowt on the seconday display. It's a massive p.i.t.a. @Geoff -have you found a way around this?
enjay Posted June 11, 2007 Author Posted June 11, 2007 Can I ask what dual output cards people are using and what they cost? The only ones I can find in a quick search are nearing £100 which seems a lot... I should clarify that we don't need whizzy high-end "gamers" cards, just something to display standard office apps, IE, SMART Notebook and so on.
Geoff Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 have you found a way around this? Not using Media Player. Can I ask what dual output cards people are using and what they cost? The only ones I can find in a quick search are nearing £100 which seems a lot... Old Radeons are your best bet.
enjay Posted June 11, 2007 Author Posted June 11, 2007 Old Radeons are your best bet. Now that's more like the price I had in mind! Forgot to mention that they'd need to be low profile though... :-(
tarquel Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 have you found a way around this? Not using Media Player. Yep... Media Player Classic here [and Power DVD on those lucky machines that it came with ]. And yes, making the only active output as the one the projector is on [on dual output machines i.e. laptops] is usually a good bet. Nath.
Geoff Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 Forgot to mention that they'd need to be low profile though Dual DVI connectors will not physically fit on a low profile backplate. Just stick a second graphics card in the machine.
enjay Posted June 11, 2007 Author Posted June 11, 2007 I don't need DVI, just VGA - I'm trying to run a standard monitor on the PCs on IWBs so you can work on the PC without having to turn the projector on.
seanmh Posted June 11, 2007 Posted June 11, 2007 CPC - £5.30. I know that these work as I have used them. http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/Computer+Products/Leads/UNBRANDED/EX-088/displayProduct.jsp?sku=CS07841
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