no tv out with overlay?

takeru · 24th December 2001, 06:56

i have an ati 8500 video card with s-video out. the problem is, that playing any video's, i only see a black screen where the video should be playing on the tv, even though its perfectly viewable on my monitor. BUT, if i turn off overlay in the player, then i can see the video. it doesn't play as good without the overlay though. i can't figure out why i can't play videos on tv using overlay.

anyone got any ideas?

chemmajik · 28th December 2001, 00:37

Make sure you are NTSC 60hz & PAL 50Hz when viewing on the TV, see if that helps.

Zhnujm · 28th December 2001, 22:43

the gfx card hardware can only support 1 overlay at a time so maybe you have to make your tv-out as primary display or disable the monitor display completely.

24th December 2001, 06:56	#1 \| Link
takeru Anime XviD'er Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 87	no tv out with overlay? i have an ati 8500 video card with s-video out. the problem is, that playing any video's, i only see a black screen where the video should be playing on the tv, even though its perfectly viewable on my monitor. BUT, if i turn off overlay in the player, then i can see the video. it doesn't play as good without the overlay though. i can't figure out why i can't play videos on tv using overlay. anyone got any ideas?

28th December 2001, 00:37	#2 \| Link
chemmajik None Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: TX Posts: 236	Make sure you are NTSC 60hz & PAL 50Hz when viewing on the TV, see if that helps.

28th December 2001, 22:43	#3 \| Link
Zhnujm Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 983	the gfx card hardware can only support 1 overlay at a time so maybe you have to make your tv-out as primary display or disable the monitor display completely.