MacBookPro - MiniDisplay to HDMI adapter to television - Live Stream

I would like to watch hulu on my television through macbook pro. I already hooked it up through the minidisplay to hdmi converter. I have the purple space scene showing up on the television, but can't get anything else to play. I also tried to play a movie from itunes and only got the same picture. What do I need to do?

I think in display settings, setup the second monitor (TV) as a "Mirrored" display.

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I just purchased a minidisplay to HDMI adapter (the brand is rocketfish) and the HDMI cable (the brand is mediabridge), and when I try to connect my macbook pro (mid-2010) to my TV the screen on my computer flashes blue a few times, and then goes back to normal. The TV is not detected as an external display, and there is just a "no signal" message on the tv screen. I've tried plugging and unplugging the cords in every possible order, but nothing works. I noticed that several people are having this same problem. Has anyone found a solution?

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Im having trouble connecting my macbookpro to the tv. im using a mini display port to hdmi adapter, when i switch tv/video to hdmi on the tv nothing pops up, and i dont have the arrangement tap on the display settings, please help!

im having trouble connecting my macbookpro to the tv. im using a mini display port to hdmi adapter, when i switch tv/video to hdmi on the tv nothing pops up, and i dont have the arrangement tap on the display settings, please help!

I've found that the order of operations, so-to-speak, can be important when hooking up mini display port to HDMI. I have the most success with the following operations in this order:
1) Plug HDMI cable into mini displayport adapter (the cable should not be plugged into either the TV or the computer at this point)
2) Plug the mini displayport end of your new super-cable to the computer.
3) Plug the HDMI end into your TV.
4) Switch inputs on your TV to the proper input.
5) If still nothing on the TV, try a different HDMI port on your TV.
Hopefully this helps! Good luck.

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I have connected a Minidisplay to VGA adapter to the Minidisplay/Thunderbolt port and started the MAC along with the HDMI connection already i was using. Now the HDMI display is showing only a white screen and the VGA monitor is blank. Please help me to setup the multi display setup using the onboard HDMI and VGA adpter connected to the MiniDisplay/Thunderbolt.
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Yeah, I'm having the same exact problem - It seems that the thunderbolt minidisplay port is only able to output the analog VGA signal, not the digital signal to support DVI and HDMI. This is a bug that came up after installing 10.7.1. I bought my macbook air with 10.7 on it, upgraded it to 10.7.1 as soon as I got it, so I have never been able to use hdmi or dvi with my macbook air. This is an extremely frustrating problem for me, I used HDMI on a daily basis with my PC. I have spent many hours at the genius bar running diagnostic tests so Apple can get as much information as possible to create a fix for this problem. I have been emailing tech support for 3 or so weeks now, they keep saying that they are working on a fix and it should be out soon, but 10.7.2 has come and gone and I still have no HDMI functionality with my MacBook Air!

I have always been able to connect my Ipad to the tv with the HDMI adapter but since most recent software update it does not work. Is it me or has others expeirenced this?

I have tried to stream movies and live TV using my HDMI adapter and cable . I have always had it work but with the most recent update it no longer will connect. I hope someone has a good solution.

It still works for me.
Have you tried restarting or resetting your iPad?
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HT4241 Mini dv to HDMI adapter

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Mini display to hdmi adapter problem

Hi,
When I connected my mini display to hdmi adapter to hdmi, and hdmi cable to my ASUS PA238QR monitor, my early 2011 MBP 13" detects the monitor, but the monitor shows "hdmi no signal".
I tried unplugging everything, including the adapter and hdmi, but to no avail. I tried putting my computer to sleep, and waking it up, still, nothing seemed to be the cause of the problem.
I read through some old discussion on this issue, and nobody seems to have a solid solution besides purchasing another adapter.
I tried booting into win7 and still, the monitor shows "hdmi no signal".
I am 100% sure my monitor and hdmi works becuase when I used other laptops it's fine.
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Is there a way I can make sure that my macbook pro is outputting the signal?
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If you've an HDMI port on your television, you could always try that.
I've used this adapter from Monoprice successfully - not bad for under $7.
Give your TV a try - if no go, then you'll know that it's an adapter problem.
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DVI-HDMI Adapter for hooking up a HDTV...Few problems...

I have a spare 32" Sharp HDTV with HDMI, so I placed this next to my Mac Pro and used a DVI-HDMI adapter. Here are the problems:
With my standard GeForce 7300 GT you cannot use both connectors, as they are too close together - so I could not even test to see whether both DVI outputs can work at the same time. So I have to disconnect my 23" cinema display. Now, the Macpro recognizes the TV - in the display preferences - but the resolutions are not good - the only one that works is 1280x720. Other resolutions listed, ie, 1344x756 and higher are listed as interlaced and all cause flicker. This means I do not see the OSX top menus.
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DP - HDMI Adapter - 1080 Plasma; Vid, but no Audio

DisplayPort -> HDMI Adapter -> 1080 HD Plasma; Crystal Clear Vid, but no Audio
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Television: Hitachi Ultravision (Plasma, 1080p, at least 50", built-in speakers)
Video Card: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880m
Driver: http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook-win7-winvista-64bit-257.21-whql-driver.html
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I can get a beautiful display, but the audio will NOT come out of the television speakers.
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- NVIDIA says that their should be an option in the "NVIDIA Control Panel" that says "Set Up Digital Audio," but there aren't any audio settings available in the control panel for me ti tamper with.
- Despite the devices being hot-swappable, I've done a series of power downs and boot-ups while connected to see if an audio connection could be established.
- I can achieve audio output with the use of a Y-cable from my headphone jack, but I would HEAVILY prefer it through the use of my DisplayPort.
I'm almost positive that it's either a problem with the television (it is about 3-years old), or the graphics card and its drivers. (Which, according to NVIDIA, supports audio transmition to HDMI with the use of an adapter.)
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lanalee222 wrote:
i have the same problem. not the tv problem,cuz when i plug in other hdmi devices, the sound works fine.
i wonder if this dp port even has sound. if i was to purchase the dp cable to hdmi would it have the audio ? maybe its only the adapto that has no audio
Hello lanalee222. My first thought also concerned whether or not the Display Port even supports audio-out. So, I did a little research. The FAQ on their page states that Display Port itself does support audio but when using display port to HDMI it may have issues. However, it says that this has to be enabled by the manufactorer so I'll need to check for you.
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Minidisplay Port HDMi - DVI - VGA

Hello there..
i have a minidisplayport HDMI and i want to connect to an external monitor with vga.
I have connected a vga adaptar to dvi adaptar to minidisplay port hdmi.
The problem is that the macosx recognize the model of monitor but in monitor says " no video input"
Anybody can help me ?
tks

A mDP to HDMI adapter won't pass analog (VGA) signals. You're going to need an Apple Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter.

Bought HDMI adapter to play movies from my iPad but it will stop every few minutes, Bought HDMI adapter to play movies from my iPad but it will stop every few minutes

Once I begin to play a movie from my iPad to the TV using the HDMI adapter it will pause and lose sound every few minutes. I am using the video app and the movie plays fine if not connected.
I have also checked to make sure that everything is connected properly.

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I tried reinstalling, but ended up with the same errors almost right away. This bites!
Anyone have any other ideas to try?
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Kanex HDMI adapter audio adjustment

I set up a Mini connected to a 26" Sony LCD in my kitchen. The computer and cable box live in the cabinet below the TV and the wires pass through a conduit in the wall to keep it neat. To minimize the amount of wire that I had to fish through the conduit I got the Kanex Mini Display Port to HDMI with USB Audio adapter. Two HDMI cables and a small wire for the IR repeater are all that I have in the conduit.
Everything works very well so far with one exception. Changing the audio on the Mini does not affect the audio going to the TV. I was not expecting this but found a review online that referred to this issue so I thought it was normal. I wrote to Kanex and the response from their support said that the audio should be adjustable on both the USB and Digital audio models and they issued me an RMA.
Does anyone have any experience with this adapter? Their support could be wrong (it wouldn't be the first time tech support gave me some bs) or perhaps I should just get a replacement. I also have the option of getting the Digital Audio version of the adapter ($10 more). Last option would be to get a cheaper display port to HDMI adapter and fish two RCA cables through the conduit for audio. That would be cheaper but more of a hassle since the HDMI cables are pretty thick and the conduit is cramped already.
Thoughts?
Thanks.

If you are referring to changing the volume on the Mac mini and this not resulting in a volume change on the TV (via the Kanex Digital HDMI adapter) then this is normal and correct behaviour.
With the Kanex Digital HDMI adapter, the Mac is outputting audio via the digital TOS-Link connection, and should in most cases be merely passing through unaltered the digital audio from your video file or DVD. With digital signals, the volume is actually part of the analogue waveform that has been encoded as digital data, volume changes actually involve changing the analogue waveform of the sound, and as you as in this scenario are passing a digital signal there is no access to the analogue waveform to allow modifying it to change the volume.
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I own Phillips 32pfl9604h TV. Recently I bought HDMI adapter. When I set up the iPad with HDMI to TV , TV is recognizing the iPad but the format is constantly switching between 2 different formats. I tried to connect it to a different model of TV and it does work normally. I've tried to change the format but I can't stop the changing of formats.
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I've used this adapter from Monoprice successfully - not bad for under $7.
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Good luck,
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