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Software => Computer software => Topic started by: FEDette on July 22, 2005, 06:31:46 PM
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Background:
I use Power Point Presentations to a large extent in my job.
I am using my laptop - HP nx9000 - Win XP Pro - 2.0GHz Pentium 4 - IGP 340m display - 512 mb RAM.
I have made a "home" video to show in some of the presentations. The embedded MPEGs and animated gifs show on the screen of the puter.
PROBLEM
When I use a data projector (many varieties) with a serial port connection the MPEG shows on the wall/screen
BUT when I connect the laptop to a television via a S-video cable then the MPEG shows only as a black section in the middle of the page.
The rest of the presentaion is fine, including animated gifs. I can also play games on the television using the same cable.
Any ideas please!
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settings......pal or nt**
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Aussies are on the PAL system ... do you think that makes a difference?
Interesting .... ???
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What software are you using videowave?>>pal /nt there is not much in it.....except it may appear black or blurred on screen....is the laptop....connected to the mains adapter.....power drain? have you tried to adjust the projector.....
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Merlin ...
MGI Video Wave 4 was the programme that came with the camera and I used for editing etc.
It doesn't make a difference if the power source is mains or battery - I have tried both thinking along those lines of power drain.
And it's NOT the projector that won't display the MPEG it is the television.
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switch the settings to nt..<may or may not work i have my doubts>....and see if it makes a different....try this ......jack plugs red/video/white audio.....does the tv/projector have these....those (s plugs) ....are little used these days......
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the television sets in Australia do not have the ability to change from PAL to NTSC.
I have a set of jack plugs that I can give a try ... I know the TV at home can handle them ... will be back shortly I will try that now.
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ok and good luck with it...... :)
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Merlin
I don't have a lead that will go from puter to TV ... any other suggestions?
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If you did you could use this>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/283674/EN-US/ and say goobye to the projector.......there are only a couple of quid......or change the settings on videowave to ntsc......
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Merlin
* the laptop does not support 'jack- plugs'.
* it is NOT the projectors that are giving me the headaches it is the television sets.
(I don't want to buy my own projector to try and get rid of the problem of presentations via a TV set)
I thought that it may have been some setting on the computer itself to be able to use a TV screen as a second monitor.
Thanks for the help/thoughts so far ...
Any other ideas?
PS
Where do you get projectors for a couple of quid? Send one immediately! They are around $AU2,000 here. ;D
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I meant the jack plugs....or was it ear plugs ;D....<gbh of the earholes> videowave did you buy it as a special disk....another idea....and i supposed and another ear bashing :o.....would be this.....belkin video bus.<multi-use>.....or find a usd cable from laptop to av/ adapter....projector.. have a look a belkins website.. is this an over head projecter.......what make is it....and what are the input plugs....usb/av/.....i know its got the s plug... :) any spellings mistakes blame fosters
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Merlin,
Sorry I didn't get back to you I have been at work and too busy to pop in and post.
Can I rephrase my question?
(Forget about data projectors!)
*Why will the MPEG in my Powerpoint Presentation not show on the TV screen while it shows on the laptop screen? The rest of the presentation, including animated gifs, show on the TV!
We are using the PAL system and an S-video cable and WinXP. Is this a setting problem?
I can play games and view videos via the laptop and s-video cable but not my MPEGs.
Thanks for the thoughts so far.
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Can you play MPEG files when they are not combined with a PowerPoint presentation?
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Raptor,
Thanks for more info to try ... hooked the puter up to the TV and no videos at all.
XP has its own player - Win video DVD and neither that nor the windows media player will show the clips on the TV; yet they all show on the laptop screen.
I have tried other clips as well as the home made ones and they all show on a computer screen (whether it is the laptop or desktop computer) but not on the TV screen.
The video at the beginning of Soldier of Fortune shows on TV! :(
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Could it be that these videos have a license attached to them that causes Windows to block them from being used with a projector?
I am certain Microsoft would be doing something that daft.
Try converting them to .AVI or another type of codec to see if that works. I am certain Fed can help you with this.
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Fedette can you tell me the setup you are using......got some of the drift like laptop to tv.....if so you need a mpeg encoder....Did you try the dual view option?
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HaHaHaHa! :D
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RAPTOR
Do you tjink that I would be asking in here if FED could fix it? ;D
I will try the converting to an .AVI I know that when I first saved the movie clip I made it did ask what format I wanted it saved as.
I have doubts about licences ... after all it was made by me!
MERLIN
Did you try the dual view option?
Yes! but everything was all screwed up.
*The laptop screen would be black and the images on the TV were out of focus
* OR I could run the MPEG but nothing else would show
* OR I had split images ie desktop icons and background were side by side
Where do I download a MPEG encoder?
(I have even had the kids trying to figure this out! ;D )
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Keep the kids quite.....saves the duck tape ;D
This is the site you need>http://www.videohelp.com/
As you are dealing with different formats.you should find an encoder......for mpegs.....did you try using window movie player.or windows media player....to sync wav to mpeg.....video wave also has this capability!! Where you create a storybook.....and add sound/pics.....
Read the read me file.......i have burned camcorder<film> to cd rom.....only twenty seconds thou
Professional look i guess......