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i want to watch a dvd on my television through via windows media player as i dont have a stand alone dvd player . i enable all things needed to but all i get on tv is the audio of dvd and the window media skin
WHY IS THERE NO PICTURE on the television

I dont believe windows media player decodes dvd's, what you wanna use is a program like winDVD or Powerdvd that will decode both the video and audio stream for you

i do have power dvd 4 and there is the same problem there. i can watch the dvd on the computer but when i make all the changes to watch on the television i cannt see the picture but i hear the sound

i have done all the updates to boty wmp & power dvd

But my computer does that to when I'm watching DivX on my TV from my PC, I had to reboot the PC in Dual monitor mode, then just drag your media player window over to the extended desktop and it should work.. Hope that helps.. eGo

sorry i am still trying to understand the puter can you explain how to do this in bit more detail thanks

What video card are you using? That will help to know. I have a Radeon 9000 and I just have to plug the SVid up to the TV, and then I go into the display settings, go to the advanced tab, click on Displays, then I enable to TV, you've gotten this far. Well, once you've enabled it, you have to go back to the main display settings tab, and you should see a box with Monitor 1 and monitor 2, click on monitor 2, then click on the check box that says "Extend my desktop onto this monitor. Then apply settings, and reboot. when you reboot, you should see your post messages on both your TV and monitor, then when winblows loads, start up media player, drag it over to the TV screen and hit play. Hope that helps. If it doesn't, I'll try to make a small video to show you how.. eGo

there is no problem with getting the dvd player on tv . the problem is getting it to display the movie itself i can hear the soundtrack but no see the movie

i have radeon 7500 ati

I still think you should try to reboot after you enable the display on the TV, because I know that it wouldn't play on my TV until after I rebooted in the dual display mode. If that doesn't work, I'm not sure what else you can try. eGo

i have rebooted but no cigar i will try elsewhere thanks again

is your TV selected as "Primary" display?
Had the same problem with my Laptop, till I relized I had to make the TV the Primary display. (not extended desktop)

Hey. Swinada is correct. You must make your TV a primary display and either disable your monitor or set it to be a secondary display. This can be accomplished through your video card control panel.