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dMw Chit Chat => The Beer Bar => Technology Section => Topic started by: Anonymous on August 03, 2003, 12:56:16 PM

Title: Watching DivX on home TV
Post by: Anonymous on August 03, 2003, 12:56:16 PM
yo,

wondering if any of you technical monkeys could help out here - i want to watch my ever-expanding library of DivX .avi's on my nice big widescreen TV (not on my v. small monitor) and was wondering what i'd need in the way of hardware/cables in order to hook my PC up to my TV

My TV's just you standard affair, with SCART, PAL and normal analogue in
My comp has a GF2 and no TV card

any help here guys? thx in advance...
Title: Watching DivX on home TV
Post by: Dr Sadako on August 03, 2003, 01:31:40 PM
If you get a graphics card with TV output support then it is very simple. Then you just need to buy a cable with scart at one end and S-video+sound at the other end.

Some graphics card come with program to handle the signal some do it automatically via the card. I use a program called TV tool.
Title: Watching DivX on home TV
Post by: -]Oi[-Rooster on August 03, 2003, 07:27:02 PM
After what I have heard, it is possible to watch divxmovies through a microsoft x-box....just burn them on a cd, and install all codecs needed.

Or buy a Kiss!

http://www.kiss-technology.com/ (http://www.kiss-technology.com/)


Some alternatives if you want to spend some money...   :D
Title: Watching DivX on home TV
Post by: JB on August 03, 2003, 07:44:09 PM
or buy one of these (http://www.umax.co.uk/WebNew_UK/Products/9_HomeEntertainment/DVX-6000/DVX-6000.htm) from here (http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=50683)
Title: Watching DivX on home TV
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2003, 01:00:03 AM
cheers JB - that's a pretty low cost solution

i'll get 1 when i've got round to getting a job :D
Title: Watching DivX on home TV
Post by: Gizmo on August 04, 2003, 06:22:32 AM
When I want to watch a DivX downstairs, I simply hook up the TV-Out on my laptop to the TV, and stream the video over my wireless LAN.
Works pretty well. The picture and sound quality remains pretty much unchanged.
Title: Watching DivX on home TV
Post by: suicidal_monkey on August 04, 2003, 10:20:08 AM
or, of course, you could upgrade your graphics card and make sure you buy one with tv-out


 :roll:
Title: Watching DivX on home TV
Post by: Anonymous on August 04, 2003, 10:33:13 PM
yer ben, but i still know nowt about cables and stuff (and for all i know my current gfx card may have a tv out :D )

so would i just need a normal cable, like the one that runs from a tv to a video recorder?
Title: Watching DivX on home TV
Post by: suicidal_monkey on August 04, 2003, 10:53:53 PM
look at the back of your vid card - the likely pinouts are sort of rectangular multi-pin jobs. the tv out is normally round s-video or something I think. Then if you got one of them you just need a cable
QuoteIf you get a graphics card with TV output support then it is very simple. Then you just need to buy a cable with scart at one end and S-video+sound at the other end.
Title: burp
Post by: Anonymous on August 05, 2003, 07:43:38 PM
or it maybe likely if you ave any spare outputs left on the gfx card.
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