Posted by Gene Joy on April 17, 2008, 7:44 pmPlease Register and login to reply and use other advanced options
I lowered the resolutions of both displays to 800 x 600, it still gives me an
error.
"JW" wrote:
> You are probably running the monitor at too high a resolution to support the
> S-Video connection.
> Lower your desktop resolution to 800x600. If that works try upping it to
> 1024x768.
> I assume you are running MCE2005 since you are running the NVIDIA XP
> decoder, is that correct?
>
> >I am using both a monitor (hooked up to VGA port on GF 6200) and a TV
> > (connected to S-Video on GF6200). Whenever I try to play a recorded show
> > when using both displays, I get a decoder error. I got the latest decoder
> > from Nvidia to try to fix the problem, but I'm still getting an error. I
> > do
> > not get this error when I only use my monitor. Can I use a TV as a second
> > display on the same video card and play recorded shows in Media Center, or
> > do
> > I need to just use my monitor?
>
Posted by JW on April 18, 2008, 9:28 am
Is the second display set in clone mode or in extended desktop mode? Since
it is an S-Video display it must be in extended desktop mode.
>I lowered the resolutions of both displays to 800 x 600, it still gives me
>an
> error.
> "JW" wrote:
>> You are probably running the monitor at too high a resolution to support
>> the
>> S-Video connection.
>> Lower your desktop resolution to 800x600. If that works try upping it to
>> 1024x768.
>> I assume you are running MCE2005 since you are running the NVIDIA XP
>> decoder, is that correct?
>>
>> >I am using both a monitor (hooked up to VGA port on GF 6200) and a TV
>> > (connected to S-Video on GF6200). Whenever I try to play a recorded
>> > show
>> > when using both displays, I get a decoder error. I got the latest
>> > decoder
>> > from Nvidia to try to fix the problem, but I'm still getting an error.
>> > I
>> > do
>> > not get this error when I only use my monitor. Can I use a TV as a
>> > second
>> > display on the same video card and play recorded shows in Media Center,
>> > or
>> > do
>> > I need to just use my monitor?
>>
> S-Video connection.
> Lower your desktop resolution to 800x600. If that works try upping it to
> 1024x768.
> I assume you are running MCE2005 since you are running the NVIDIA XP
> decoder, is that correct?
>
> >I am using both a monitor (hooked up to VGA port on GF 6200) and a TV
> > (connected to S-Video on GF6200). Whenever I try to play a recorded show
> > when using both displays, I get a decoder error. I got the latest decoder
> > from Nvidia to try to fix the problem, but I'm still getting an error. I
> > do
> > not get this error when I only use my monitor. Can I use a TV as a second
> > display on the same video card and play recorded shows in Media Center, or
> > do
> > I need to just use my monitor?
>