Watching dvd's on TV from powerbook

I was wondering how to connect my powerbook on my vcr or tv to watch a dvd or photos on my tv. I have tryed using Svid to Svid but not sure how to send a signal out. Any help would be helpful. thanks

You plug in the svideo cable to the tv. Select that input (svid)on the TV.The mac should automatically output to the tv as soon as you plug in the cable.
You will also need to connect a Y cable from your audio output on the PB to the audio inputs on the TV.
Then, from the the system prefs for displays, you can select how the mac outputs a picture, either mirrored - which is the same as what is on the PB, or Extended - which extends your display over to the tv as well. If you use extended, start the dvd, move it with your mouse to the tv screen and maximise it. It's really quite nifty.
Good luck.

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You will not be able to connect the external DVD player directly to the PowerBook. However, with the aid of a device like Elgato's eyeTV you can then connect the DVD player to the eyeTV, which is connected to the PB.
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Hello all
I've resurrected an old Pismo (G3 Powerbook - Firewire). I have upped the RAM to 768MB and swapped the 400MHz processor out for a blindingly fast G3 500MHz from another unit. (Yes, it makes a difference!). I have swapped out the original DVD-ROM (which seemed to be on its way out) with a nice slot load DL DVD-R/W unit, complete with appropriate faceplate. The Pismo is running 10.4.11 Tiger with all updates on one partition, and OS 9.2 on another. I default boot into OS X and when I insert a DVD (using Apple DVD Player) all I get is the initial audio (that jingle you hear when the menu pops up) and that's it - NO video (just a black screen) and nothing else. I have tried VLC for Tiger, and I can get audio but NO video. In the VLC menus, I have fiddled around with the video settings to no avail.
Here's the kicker - when I boot into OS 9, the DVD plays just fine using Apple DVD player (I think it's 2.7), so I know the hardware is all good and the disk isn't scratched or anything. (And the symptoms in OS X happen with various DVDs - I've tried a few).
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Well, I hope it supports it. A *very* long time ago I had a Wallstreet with a DVD drive, and I know I used to watch movies on it (with the DVD decoder card, which the Pismo is supposed to have built-in), but it's been so very, very long since I used a G3 Powerbook that I don't remembrer any of the details. At the moment, I'm using the DVD Player in OS 9 (so I know that the hardware can handle DVD playback), but I don't remember how to do it in OS X --- or even if it's possible.
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Can't watch dvds any more. Error: RADIO. What's that suppose to me

Title says basically everything I need to know. Why, when I use the remote to open the creative media source engine to play a dvd and I try playing it it says Error: Radio. I mean, come on, what's the Radio got to do with watching Dvds? I get a nero dvd encoder error or something when I try using InterActual, so I end up just using either Windows media player or VLC. I use VLC instead because I basically use it for everything video related. My point is, I need help. How do I get rid of this Radio error message and play some dvds? I've tried reinstalling and everything as well. I want to use the program because I can use the remote with it. I removed the front cover of my case just to use this remote but now I cant really.
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Nope, does not help =/.
I've only have one decoder on my whole computer, VLC is just a program that has the codecs and decoders intergrated with it so no other players or system files can use them. It's a fresh install of windows and after I installed windows I went straight to chipset drivers (lan, mobo, nforce4, etc). After those I went and installed the video card and the sound card. I then rented a movie and tried playing it. Thats when I got the error, then I nero for a quick decoder because I did not want to go searching through my cds for my purenvida decoder thing.
I went and installed interactual from the cds for my mobo and gave me a corrupt decoder so I needed to watch the movie fast so I just went and installed VLC. After the movie, I uninstalled nero and got the pure nvidia decoder in and the same thing happens. I did remove everything even all registries going to the nero decoder and still the thing presist. The only decoder/codec on my computer now is the purevideo thing. The stuff still happens.
But this time when I installed the purevideo and went into interactual(after updates), it said I cant access the sound drivers for the program. Gi'ves me the following Problem:
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DVD playback in InterActual software usually uses the DirectSound components of your computer, which are installed with the DirectX set of drivers provided by Microsoft. If you continue to encounter the error, this may mean that DirectSound is not working properly on this system. Problems with DirectSound will most likely affect any program that depends on it, including some audio programs and many games. It may be necessary to upgrade or reinstall DirectX on your computer, as well as upgrading or reinstalling the drivers for your sound hardware as a potential solution to the issue. Please contact your computer manufacturer for help in doing this if you are not sure how to do it.
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I've also tried this with no success now. There's something keeping the directx feature accessing the card is what I think that radio error is for. So, now all I need to know is how to fix this little problem if any one knows.

How to Extend S-Video Cable to Watch DVDs on TV?

My TV's built-in DVD player died, so I want to use my iMac as a DVD player but watch DVDs on the TV. The video cable (S-video?) as you know is about 6 inches long. The TV is approx. 15 feet from the iMac. Is there some sort of a cable extender to attach to the "TV" end of the video cable? Thanks.

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All of a sudden, I can't watch any of my films from the Event Library, it also says 'Source Clip is missing' in the other window, I haven't even touched anything that I know of?

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I haven't even touched anything that I know of?
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I have bought a 32 Hl833 10 days ago
-- everything is alright while watching the regular Tv channels
-- the problems is when I am watching Dvd movies on my Dvd device
-- Dvd device is connected with TV with Scart
(P.S., I am from the eastern Europe)
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-- I tried to turn off both my Tv, Dvd device, checked all (Scart) connections 20 times
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** also, if it happens, it seems that my remote controllers for a Dvd device and a Tv controller have very similar codes
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Oh, sorry, I didn't know that this is only for Us models
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I have bought a brand new cable, and it seems that it works good now
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http://support.apple.com/HT2801
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And yep I've looked at the forum, at the 'solved' item.

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