playing video directly from hard drive

Discussion in 'Video playback problems' started by draboo, Jan 2, 2007.

  1. draboo

    draboo Member

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    I have some video on my external hard drive that I would like to wat ch on my TV. Instead of burning to a DVD,is it possible to link the tvout on my 9800pro card to the same port on my TV and use the hard drive as a player instead using the DVD player already hooked to my TV? If so,could I play it off of the usb2 hard drive,or would I have to transfer the files to the main drive for better quality??

    If indeed it is possible,I would like to learn more,but I m real new and don't even know what technical words to search for thru a search engine,so if anyone could provide me with a few links,I would appreciate it.

    Thanks,eh?

    Brad the noob
     
  2. nownthen

    nownthen Regular member

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    Anything you can see on your computer screen you should be able to view on you tv. Sometimes there are issues but mostly you can display anything.

    I don't really know any good guides to link you to. I recommend either looking at the book that came with either you pc (if came with pc) or video card. After that try the website.

    If you a want basic overview on how to setup tv output just let me know.
     

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