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DVD / Video on FX 502, not the usual problem!!!

swordfish74
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DVD / Video on FX 502, not the usual problem!!!

Hi there,
I have a quite strange problem with playing DVD´s or Videos on a TV or beamer:

The "normal" picture", the desktop itself appears on the TV or on the beamer; every programme works well and is visible - as long as it is "still picture", like ACDsee, Word, Powerpoint etc.
The Moment I start a DVD or a video (also in PowerPoint), the place where the picture of the movie should be, appears black.
The rest of the screen shows the original desktop, like powerPoint etc.
I changed the resolution to 800*600, also to 600*480.

Has anybody any ideas???

Thanks,

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swordfish74
Visitor

ATI RAGE Mobility, 8MB

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kee-lo_
Member

Did you try out the solutions on VAIO-Link?

swordfish74
Visitor

I spoke with the guy on the hotline, he recommended me to read the manual, contact the forum...

To the link:
I upgraded the newest version of the driver...

still: No (moving) pictures...

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kee-lo_
Member

Sorry - but thats rather rude of them to tell you to read the manual or come here, wow, how to not do one's job. I would complain.

swordfish74
Visitor

yeah, but he was so generios not to balast me with the 20 EUR...

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kee-lo_
Member

Well, apart from settting the TV as the primary display, making sure your graphics card drivers are as new as possible and checking your DirectX is up to date I can't think of anything else...

swordfish74
Visitor

sorry, what is DirectX???

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kee-lo_
Member

DirectX is used by programs and games to display graphics

It can be found here