No Video On Second Display.

[ddouglass]

I moved this from your New Feature Request thread to here where this belongs.

Originally Posted by Emilio Guifarro

I still have no video on second display when i playback .vob files.
Wmp didn't playthem back too only the dvd's. I uninstalled and re-inst. k-like codec and driver updated didn't work too. Driver update outcome showed i had the best driver installed for the video card. I think the restore point in vista chages i didn't do it properly. I don't understand the instructions, seems like something is missing in it. I also think might be the port i use (vga) i will try the hdmi.
What makes me think is not the codec is that i have a desktop in which wmp doesn't playthem back too and i don't have that problem with hoster.
New ideas are welcome. Thank you all

What version of WMP do you have on this laptop and on your desktop?
I still say that part of the problem is that you do not have the Codec for VOB on this laptop. Obviously you do have that codec on the desktop, but may have an older version of WMP on it that will not play them regardless of the codec being installed.
If all the other formats play on the secondary monitor as you are set up then the VOB will show also when you find out what is keeping it from showing. In other words there isn't a problem with your secondary setup.

[JSHEA]

I had the same problem until I installed Nero 9 and now I have no Problems whasoever....it installs certain codecs and actually made hoster run quicker and I haven't had a crash on the system at all....

[ddouglass]

Be sure your Nero is not listed in the Start-up folder of the Start Menu. If you don't take it out of there you will have problems importing from disc. Nero (and Roxio) like to take control of the CD drive.

[Emilio Guifarro]

I just found out that this type of video card I have on the laptop in question must or may have a chip that has to be compatible with the second monitor. In other words the monitor should have that chip too and since I am using a monitor that does not have hdmi conector but vga I am not able to conect the computer to the second display through hdmi only through vga but the vga does not have that chip and some video cards manufacturer display only black screen on second display.
I sow this in an internet site of a company that sales all types of adapters and I think the solution here is either to buy a display with hdmi conector or the adapter from hdmi do vga which will carry only the video to the second display and not the sound which I don't need it on the second display. It is very expensive $399
Well I think is very confusing this but in short what is bugging me is just the type of conector I am using. I have a second comp. to experiment with and it does have the same problem using the vga to vga port conection, but, I tried with the dvi port from the video card to a vga port on the second display(dvi to vga adapter) and uff! no problem.
So the viable solution to keep low cost is the dvi to vga adapter. My pc technician gave it to me.

But I thank you all guys for the effort you made to help me.

EMILIO, LATIN STAR KARAOKE SINCE 2003.

P.S As soon as I get the name of the site I will post it here so anybody with the same problem as me can find the solution. For now I forgot it.