wickedpenguin Posted May 26, 2009 Posted May 26, 2009 Our portable DVD player's disc motor recently gave up the ghost, so it can't play movies anymore. However, the player still functions as a viewer using the composite video (yellow cable) input. I used to use it like that all the time when I did video production - it makes for a very cheap monitor. I was thinking... I have two real computer monitors already connected to my GeForce 8800. I've done the multimonitor setup with one monitor showing the cockpit and the one to the right displaying the Shkval and ABRIS, however I wasn't pleased with the drastically reduced performance, stretched menus in multiplayer, lack of text chat readout in mp, and the inconvenient placement of the communication menu and readback. I've actually gone back to using just one monitor now, it was so bad. I have a feeling the performance issue was due to being in windowed mode and the placement due to the "phantom monitor". Anyways, the video card also has an S-Video output. Is there anyway I could plug the DVD player into that (I have the S-video/composite adapter) and use it as a third monitor? I guess it would replace the "phantom" monitor. For instance, it'd be great to put the DVD player directly in front and below my main monitor to have it look like the real Shkval screen. :) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
wickedpenguin Posted May 30, 2009 Author Posted May 30, 2009 I believe you need a S-video converter to do so. I've got all the cabling. That's not an issue. I have it connected as follows: S-video out from computer -> S-video cable -> S-video/video composite adapter -> composite cable -> DVD player I'm just wondering how I can get Black Shark to recognize the DVD player as a Skhval display. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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