hi all,

 

welcome from my new pc that i built, phew what a nightmare i had :rolleyes:

 

so now were up and running, tried the happauge wintv that gets me digital tv on my pc, problem comes when i want it on my tv :smash:

 

right then this is the graphics card,

 

powercolor, powerd by ati radeon 9250 128mb 64bit

 

think it cost bout £30

 

4 pixel pipelines

2 shader pipeline

direct X 9.0 complience

up to 256mb ddr memory

tv-out

dvi-i support,

 

so if i try to watch the freeview on tv and moniter at the same time then one of them will be blank and the picture will be very choppy,

 

but in the graphics card adaptor if i disable one of the screens then it will be fine, but it wont run both together?? :nono:

 

hmm so what could it be? is the graphics card not up to the job?

 

the rest of the spec is amd64 3800 dual core socket 939

300 gb sata in raid mirroring

1 gb memory

 

i part installed xp using a 3200 amd 64 cpu and finished it off using a 3800 dual core 3800, wierd :tongue:

 

so maybe xp is only seeing 1 core, have used cpu-z and has identified the cpu ok.

 

also downloaded the latest bios for my motherboard,

 

i hope this is just a slow graphics card problem that i can simply change for a better one :nana2:

 

hope this make sense guys

 

thanks in adavance

 

dewi.

That GFX card is a tad weak compared to the rest of your system. However I think the problem might be Hauppage, they are just a nightmare. I had a wintv nova-t pci and it refused to give me a picture on anything but the primary monitor due to a driver limitation. Things might have changed in the last couple of years but knowing the appaling customer support they have I doubt it :rolleyes:

sorry forgot to say its the same with watching a dvd too, cant watch it on both screens at the same time :smash:

never used one of those cards but i have the same set up with a nividia card, try going into the settings and looking for a tab like this

just been for a new graphics card now,

 

radeon 9550

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=62209

 

yet again i cant get the video or tv to work on tv and the moniter at the same time !!

 

everything else works ok pictures and desktop, even power dvd opening icon but when it plays, one of the icon screens will go blank!!

 

if i use extended desktop and i have powerdvd playing i can move it from the moniter to the tv and it works fine,

 

this is doing my head in !!!

Might it be because the monitor resolution is to high for tv out, had a simlar prob some time back, I can't remeber what the resolution needs to be. Or am I talkin bowlex ??

right then i think i know why !!!

 

the graphics card can only process one screen at a time, not two multimedia screens at the same time, i would have to spend loads on a matrox graphics card to make it work DOH!!

 

well thats my project throught the window then!!!

Have you tried the resolution yet, I had a cheap(ish) card and did get both working at the same time by adjusting the resolution

havent a clue what this thread is about

i have a sparkle 6200 and that does both screen at aboyt 1000 x 740, it has two monitor outputs and S video, i think they are cheep now about £60

hi all,

 

welcome from my new pc that i built, phew what a nightmare i had :rolleyes:

 

so now were up and running, tried the happauge wintv that gets me digital tv on my pc, problem comes when i want it on my tv :smash:

 

right then this is the graphics card,

 

powercolor, powerd by ati radeon 9250 128mb 64bit

 

think it cost bout £30

 

4 pixel pipelines

2 shader pipeline

direct X 9.0 complience

up to 256mb ddr memory

tv-out

dvi-i support,

 

so if i try to watch the freeview on tv and moniter at the same time then one of them will be blank and the picture will be very choppy,

 

but in the graphics card adaptor if i disable one of the screens then it will be fine, but it wont run both together?? :nono:

 

hmm so what could it be? is the graphics card not up to the job?

 

the rest of the spec is amd64 3800 dual core socket 939

300 gb sata in raid mirroring

1 gb memory

 

i part installed xp using a 3200 amd 64 cpu and finished it off using a 3800 dual core 3800, wierd :tongue:

 

so maybe xp is only seeing 1 core, have used cpu-z and has identified the cpu ok.

 

also downloaded the latest bios for my motherboard,

 

i hope this is just a slow graphics card problem that i can simply change for a better one :nana2:

 

hope this make sense guys

 

thanks in adavance

 

dewi.

i now know that playing with cars and bikes has left me with a big disavantage in the high tech stakes----in other words "what the fvck you goin on about" :confused: :confused:

hey there znut your avatar looks like snowdon!!

 

ok yeah post a bit sketchy LOL!!

 

cant watch a dvd or freeview through my computer on my moniter and tv at the same time in dual moniter mode, it shows on moniter but blank on tv or vice versa if you know what i mean LOL!!

you mean you are cloning the desktop onto the tv, or you are expanding the desktop onto the tv?

ah right, in that case its because of the directx overlay which the video is playing in, it can only run on one screen at a time.

 

If you are using windows media player than try this.

 

Tools > Options > Performance > Advanced, then untick the 'use overlays' box. Then try it.

you mean you are cloning the desktop onto the tv, or you are expanding the desktop onto the tv?

 

 

why could'nt i explain that in the begining :smash:

 

how silly do i look now :slap:

have you tried the catalyst driver fopr the radeon cards ,,, get it from ati website, it improved my graphics cards performance by 125 points on a 3d benchmark , thats quite an improvement just for updating a driver just get the correct one for your card and system ,