video output - question

palacehotel · Post by **palacehotel** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 14:09

Hi folks,
IÂ´m quite new at Resolume (downloaded the trial version) and IÂ´m trying to output the video through the svhs or vga outputs in my videocard (a Geforce MX 4000). Sorry for the dumb question, but do I have to configure the output on my videocard or Windows XP or also in Resolume, for example, for layer 1 be on the svhs output, layer 2 on vga output, etc?

The very basic... if you can help me, IÂ´d aprecciate that.

thanks for your time.

SimStim · Post by **SimStim** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 17:05

You need to configure your graphics card to be outputting 2 desktops, the geforce cards call it "dualview". Different cards have different capabilities, many cards will have 2 VGA outputs and one s-video output.
Once you have told graphics card to output 2 desktops resolume will detect your setup. clicking on the "screen setup" in resolume u should see 2 blocks, most people have output 1 one as interface with preview and output2 as fullscreen - by default this should be layers 1,2,3 and effects, you dont have to set it, although you can by clicking on advanced.

So basically: configure your graphics card to 2 desktops in windows first, then let resolume do the rest.

Khrystarticus · Post by **Khrystarticus** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 20:44

Thats dosent resolv the problem!!

DAS BEN · Post by **DAS BEN** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 13:27

with normal graphic cards, you have to decide, vga or svhs. 3 outputs are not possible.

palacehotel · Post by **palacehotel** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 14:10

thanks mates! iÂ´ll check it out.

palacehotel · Post by **palacehotel** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 15:58

I did the dualview setup and it went ok (I connected the svhs output of my graphicscard to a dvcamera, just for testing), but the thing is: the image is in black & white. I tried other TV systems for the output (NTSC and PAL) and it continued black & white, so I guess itÂ´s a svhs cable problem... is that correct?
thanks for your time!

normal · Post by **normal** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 18:04

Yeah I had that prob, changed the cable and it worked fine.

DAS BEN · Post by **DAS BEN** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:49

are you using a laptop with integrated graphiccard ? look into the bios, maybe you can choose between s-vhs and av.

palacehotel · Post by **palacehotel** » Fri Jul 07, 2006 13:52

nope, thats a PC with geforce mx 4000 with only a vga output and a svhs output. Once the vga is for the PC monitor, the only output avaliable is svhs... But the stranger is: when I start windows, the windows logo appears in full color in the svhs output, but when the desktop starts, everything goes b&w...

mfo · Post by **mfo** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:20

You probably use a cable to convert from cinch out or your comp to the s-vhs in of your camera (or other way around).
But it is not possible to convert the color information only by a cable, some electronics are required. Graphic cards are usually delivered only with those simple cables loosing the color.

You need some adapter like this one: http://www.hep2000.de/shop/index.htm (Page is only in german)