Jack wrote:
> On 2019.06.19 15:43, Dale wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I have a video issue here. I recently cut off DirecTV service and
now
>> watch from my puter, all those hard drives people know me for. As
some
>> know, my Mom died recently so I want to make use of the living
room TV
>> as well. I bought a splitter that takes one input and outputs to
4.
>> The outputs all have the same pic, it just splits the signal.
When I
>> got the first one, it didn't work. I tried every which way but
>> nothing. Lights came on etc but no signal. I contacted the
seller and
>> he thought the box was bad so he sent a replacement. Well, it was
no
>> better. No worky.
>>
>> I then decided to test it a different way. Even tho I don't have
>> DirecTV service, it should give some sort of screen so I used the
>> DirecTV box instead of my puter. Finding the power plug was fun I
might
>> add. When I used it, it worked fine. It even worked with the
VERY long
>> cable I bought to use for the living room TV. So, the splitter
does in
>> fact work but not with my puter's video card.
>>
>> This brings me to three paths. Is there something I need to
change in a
>> config for this to work or is there some special requirement for
the
>> puter's video card or is a special splitter needed? Which is at
fault,
>> the splitter not being compatible or the video card not being
>> compatible, either by config or just hardware?
>>
>> If no answer to that, I searched but can't find a triple or quad
HDMI
>> output card that isn't like buying gold. Is there such a thing at
a
>> reasonable cost? I'm fine with used and it doesn't have to be the
>> greatest, I watch TV and play Kpatience. I suspect the TV is the
>> largest load it sees and even that isn't much. This is the video
card
>> made by MSI:
>>
>> VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 [GeForce GTX
650]
>>
>> Any thoughts on this? Different video card or different splitter
or
>> better yet, a change in a config file?
> Dale,
>
> You don't say what are the outputs of that card? Searching shows me
> several possibilities, but all have more than one output connector.
> If that's the case, I would suggest using different outputs for your
> monitor and the TV. You might need an adaptor depending on whether
> the TV has a matching input. I think you would have to set up your
DE
> to know about the two outputs, but then I think most video players
can
> do things like put the controls on your monitor and the output on
the
> TV. (I just set that up with a laptop with KDE and VLC. It wasn't
> trivial to get it right, but it was immediately obvious it could be
> done or at least come close enough to put up with.)
>
> To your original question, I don't have any solid idea why the TV
> isn't receiving a signal from the splitter. I assume you are sure
the
> TV is set to the correct input connector. Have you tried switching
> which splitter outputs go to each device, and try only one device
> connected at a time? Have you tried connecting your video card ONLY
> to the TV instead of the monitor. That would tell you if there is
any
> inherent incompatability between what the card is putting out and
what
> the TV can use. Can the TV handle the resolution the card is
displaying?
>
> Jack
>
I should have mentioned this in my original post. My monitor is
connected by using the DB15HD connector from the video card. It's a
short cable and at the time, it was what I had. Later I added the TV
but it is HDMI all the way. I have both outputs set to display the
same
screen. They are duplicated I guess is the clearest way to say that.
It's the HDMI that I'm trying to split since both TVs have that
connection and the signals can reach that far, not sure a DB15HD can
do
that far. Living room TV is about 50' away. The cable does work
tho.
I tested it from the satellite box.
The video card has a DB15HD, that goes to the monitor, and a single
HDMI
output that I use for the TV. When I test the splitter, I unhook the
TV
cable and connect the splitter. I then connect the previous cable to
the TV to the output of the splitter. Right now, I'm only testing
with
one TV. Both TVs are virtually identical but I wanted to keep it
simple
at first. When I try to test the splitter, the video card goes to the
input of the splitter and the output of the splitter goes to a single
TV. If that had worked, I was then going to add the second TV but
I've
yet to get one to work yet.
That make sense? It's difficult to describe in text at times and then
the reader has to make sense of the text as well. It can be
complicated
at times. lol
