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On 2019.06.19 15:43, Dale wrote: |
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> Howdy, |
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> I have a video issue here. I recently cut off DirecTV service and now |
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> watch from my puter, all those hard drives people know me for. As |
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> some |
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> know, my Mom died recently so I want to make use of the living room TV |
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> as well. I bought a splitter that takes one input and outputs to 4. |
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> The outputs all have the same pic, it just splits the signal. When I |
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> got the first one, it didn't work. I tried every which way but |
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> nothing. Lights came on etc but no signal. I contacted the seller |
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> and |
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> he thought the box was bad so he sent a replacement. Well, it was no |
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> better. No worky. |
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> I then decided to test it a different way. Even tho I don't have |
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> DirecTV service, it should give some sort of screen so I used the |
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> DirecTV box instead of my puter. Finding the power plug was fun I |
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> might |
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> add. When I used it, it worked fine. It even worked with the VERY |
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> long |
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> cable I bought to use for the living room TV. So, the splitter does |
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> in |
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> fact work but not with my puter's video card. |
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> This brings me to three paths. Is there something I need to change |
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> in a |
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> config for this to work or is there some special requirement for the |
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> puter's video card or is a special splitter needed? Which is at |
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> fault, |
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> the splitter not being compatible or the video card not being |
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> compatible, either by config or just hardware? |
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> If no answer to that, I searched but can't find a triple or quad HDMI |
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> output card that isn't like buying gold. Is there such a thing at a |
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> reasonable cost? I'm fine with used and it doesn't have to be the |
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> greatest, I watch TV and play Kpatience. I suspect the TV is the |
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> largest load it sees and even that isn't much. This is the video card |
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> made by MSI: |
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> VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 [GeForce GTX 650] |
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> Any thoughts on this? Different video card or different splitter or |
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> better yet, a change in a config file? |
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Dale, |
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You don't say what are the outputs of that card? Searching shows me |
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several possibilities, but all have more than one output connector. If |
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that's the case, I would suggest using different outputs for your |
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monitor and the TV. You might need an adaptor depending on whether the |
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TV has a matching input. I think you would have to set up your DE to |
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know about the two outputs, but then I think most video players can do |
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things like put the controls on your monitor and the output on the TV. |
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(I just set that up with a laptop with KDE and VLC. It wasn't trivial |
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to get it right, but it was immediately obvious it could be done or at |
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least come close enough to put up with.) |
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To your original question, I don't have any solid idea why the TV isn't |
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receiving a signal from the splitter. I assume you are sure the TV is |
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set to the correct input connector. Have you tried switching which |
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splitter outputs go to each device, and try only one device connected |
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at a time? Have you tried connecting your video card ONLY to the TV |
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instead of the monitor. That would tell you if there is any inherent |
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incompatability between what the card is putting out and what the TV |
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can use. Can the TV handle the resolution the card is displaying? |
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Jack |