Trouble playing video on external TV monitor

[ionlyshopwithcoupons]

Hey,

So, I just updated to the new 0.9.4 VLC player. Previously I was using the 0.8.6.

However, now when I hook up my laptop via S-Video cable to the TV that I use as a second monitor and try to play video on it (I've specifically been trying to run .avi), all I get is a black box in the VLC window with the audio running.

The video runs fine on my regular screen, just not on the TV. I tried messing around with the settings, but I couldn't figure out any way to fix it.

Anyone got a solution for me, or should I just stick with 0.8.6?

Thanks preemptively.

[goldenband]

I just tried the same thing with my laptop (PowerBook G4) and a plain MPEG file, and had no problems. Alas, I can't shed any other light on the situation, since I don't know anything about the code differences between the two versions.

Have you tried other file formats besides .avi? AVI is basically just a container format, so it's hard to imagine a scenario where it would be the problem -- but if it were just .avi that didn''t work, that would be important information. Also, it'd be good to know what OS you're running.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Usually, it is just that your graphic card doesn't support Overlay on external screens. Just deactivate it in preferences.