Tomuk Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Hi! Lin,Been trying to send a personal message but your in box is full.I have a problem I’m sure it’s one you can help me solve.My problem is with Camtasia screen Recordings; I followed your advice on how to produce tutorials, and even downloaded your suggested Video Codec and am very pleased with the results I am getting, I have even burned them to disc and sent to friends,including Ronnie West with no problems.Recently my Camera Club asked me to produce a Video Tutorial (the basics) on P2e v5 and project it at a club meeting , I produced the Tutorial and it runs great on my computers, but when I connect my projector (to my Laptop) all I get is the Audio and the Media players skin, no Video content.(I have my recordings set to play as Avi's in Media Player).I then connected my Laptop to my 42” plasma with the same result, sound from the TV and players skin displayed but no video.All my P2e sequences project with no problems and play via my Plasma (great on my Plasma,quality as good as HD).Have you any Ideas on what I am doing wrong? And if so how I can correct it?Looking forward to your reply with anticipation.If any other members have a contribution to make please don't hesitate, I need to solve this before the end of next month or my club will have to suffer more of my sequnces and no tutorials.Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin Evans Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Hi! Lin,Been trying to send a personal message but your in box is full.I have a problem I'm sure it's one you can help me solve.My problem is with Camtasia screen Recordings; I followed your advice on how to produce tutorials, and even downloaded your suggested Video Codec and am very pleased with the results I am getting, I have even burned them to disc and sent to friends,including Ronnie West with no problems.Recently my Camera Club asked me to produce a Video Tutorial (the basics) on P2e v5 and project it at a club meeting , I produced the Tutorial and it runs great on my computers, but when I connect my projector (to my Laptop) all I get is the Audio and the Media players skin, no Video content.(I have my recordings set to play as Avi's in Media Player).I then connected my Laptop to my 42" plasma with the same result, sound from the TV and players skin displayed but no video.Hi Tom,The first thing to check is whether you can get "any" avi to play through the projector. It's possible that you have the player configured for the wrong size avi. I'm not certain how your player is configured but generally the display size of the player should match the avi display size. The fact that it works on your computer means that the problem is likely one of configuration. What is the native file size for the player and what is the AVI aspect ratio and file size?Best regards,LinAll my P2e sequences project with no problems and play via my Plasma (great on my Plasma,quality as good as HD).Have you any Ideas on what I am doing wrong? And if so how I can correct it?Looking forward to your reply with anticipation.If any other members have a contribution to make please don't hesitate, I need to solve this before the end of next month or my club will have to suffer more of my sequnces and no tutorials.Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Hi TomThe problem could be that your laptop is only able to display video on one screen. This is quite common. To get around this, set up your laptop with projector or external monitor connected, and use the Function/key toggle to direct all of the video output to the external projector/monitor. The key toggle will depend on the make of your laptop - eg on my Toshiba I can switch display modes by pressing Function/F5.There might be several display modes available - the one to select is the laptop screen turned off and all of the output sent to the projector or monitor.Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomuk Posted October 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Lin….Thanks for the info… I agree it must be a configuration problem in Media Player, I made an Avi file via P2e with the same result, the Avi content will not play on my tv or projected image, I have had a look at the media players help files, total waste of time so I have sent an e-mail to Tech support, I will let you know the outcome.Ian….With my laptop (Acer 3020) and projector (Acer 520 dlp, native res 1024x768) the projected image is a mirror of what the laptop screen is displaying , pressing Fn and F5 does nothing, but Fn and F6 toggles my laptop display on and off. I have tried all combination with the Fn key, but no joy.Do you have anymore Ideas??????Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonemason Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Hi Tom consign media player to the re-cycle bin where it should be and try this freeware player http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ which I have found plays every type of video and audio file perfectly.Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomuk Posted October 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 Hi Tom consign media player to the re-cycle bin where it should be and try this freeware player http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ which I have found plays every type of video and audio file perfectly.GeoffHi! Geoff,Thank you very much, your solution worked a treat.All my Avi's run smoothly across all platforms....ie; Projected image, on my plasma and on my computer(laptop), Microsoft Media player 11 now uninstalled on laptop as no longer required, I am leaving it on my desktop computer for DVD playing.Thanks again.Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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