Playing music videos on Extended Desktop screen

[PaulK]

Ooh thanks

[MTUSUPPORT]

I would also say that it is the Codecs, missing from your computer. Here is a Knowledgebase FAQ on this, it has the same file link in it that Beavis is referring to, as he is the one that gave it to us.

http://www.mtu.com/kb/index.php?action=kb&article=69

[Beavis]

thanks bryan


i couldnt find it when i searched.

[PaulK]

OK I can confirm that it is not the codec, I installed as directed and tested and no change, Video will only play on the primary display :(

[bernie]

I too have been having the problem described by PaulK until I accidentally discovered it depended on the video's filetype. If I added a .wmv it played perfectly on the outboard monitors. The singers playlist would be replaced with the video as expected and return to the playlist when completed.

However, if I added an .avi file to the playlist, the singers playlist would be replaced by a black screen, just as PaulK described.

I downloaded and installed "K-Lite Codec Pack 3.8.0 Full", rebooted and tried again. No change. Playback of avi files result in the monitors going black.

Is there a configuration step for the codec I've missed? I hate to have to convert all my avi files to a filetype that does work, but that's my fallback if no one has a solution.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[ddouglass]

Unfortunately AVI files are almost as bad as Zip files. There are many different formats and a codec for each one.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by Beavis

thanks bryan


i couldnt find it when i searched.

Beav, will ya send me one too?

[Beavis]

Originally Posted by bryant

Beav, will ya send me one too?

bryan posted where it was a couple of posts back.

[bobcox- with the Lord]

If your video card supports multiple montors, you will get video on your computer lcd as well as singers TV.
only one i have to do that is nvidia g-force 6800 go.

[bernie]

I've done some further testing. I've added the following video filetypes to the playlist and they play perfectly on the external monitors:

.wmv (Windows Media Video)
.mp4 (iPod Video)
.3gp (mpeg-4)
.mpe (mpeg-2)

The filenames show up on the playlist screen, just like a singer's song request, when the files come up in rotation they play perfectly and upon completion return to the singers playlist screen. The behavior is no different from a regular karaoke track. The audience sees the videos on the external monitors just as they would the lyrics of a song. Excellent.

In other words, I don't have a problem with the feature itself, the monitors, graphics card, etc. The only problem is with avi files. I've evaluated known good files (directly captured by DV device, created by Windows Movie Maker, type-1 files, type-2 files, etc.) All of these files play using any media player I've tried... except for Hoster.

Could someone who uses this feature see if they too have a problem with avi files? It would be useful to know if this anomaly is unique to my setup or universal. Thanks.

[ddouglass]

Unrelated to Hoster I have had problems in the past getting WMP to play some AVI files. The only thing I could do to fix it was to reload the codecs.
Have you checked Microsoft to see if there are any updates for Movie Maker or WMP?

[gduns - with the Lord]

as far as .avi files, I added the codec from the divx website (free) and it handles all of then for me. Works with hoster and windows media.