Playing movie on external monitor

i have quicktime 7 pro for mac on my macbook, and i connected my macbook to my tv using a mini dvi to vga adapter. my problem is that i want to watch a movie (from my macbook) on my flat panel tv and i can't get audio to come out.. i got the picture and such but i just can't seem to figure out the whole audio side of this.. please help!!!

Just so you know VGA adapters do not have audio on them. Anything using VGA would have to have external sound hooked up separate. All the computers I have owned have always had one port for video and on port for audio.

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    Last edited by Gen2ly (2010-07-09 00:18:14)

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  • Playback on external monitor

    Hello!
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