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June 30th, 2008 21:00
Connecting DVD Player to Monitor through computer
This has been tough for me to figure out so far. I am trying to connect my DVD Player with surround sound to my computer so I can view the DVDs on my monitor. My specs are listed below except for the DVD player Panasonic SA-HT730. It has 2 RCA pair inputs (TV, VCR), a regular video input (yellow), component video out, and s-video out. My monitor only has the blue VGA input.
The problem is the ATI card has only an s-video out port. If it was s-video input I would think I could just plug the dvd players s-video out to the ati s-video in. I am pretty sure connecting an output to another output wouldnt work.
Is there a cable splitter that can allow me to connect both my DVD player and computer the the monitor? Or is there a cable that can connect my DVD Player straight to my monitor?
I just want to be able to use the surround sound feature when I watch DVDs, which I cant when I use the computers DVD drive instead of the DVD players.
Any help would be appreciated,
~ddimensione521
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ddimensione521
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June 30th, 2008 21:00
Thanks for the reply. I didnt think the stereo output on my computer would be enough for surround sound. My DVD Player is connected to a very nice surround sound speaker system. If I were to play a DVD on the DVD player I would be able to hear the surround sound. The problem is only the video. I simply want to view the video from the DVD player on my computer monitor. I hope that clarifies my question a little better.
preferably I would want to have the DVD Player video AND my computer video connected to the monitor at the same time (switching back and forth). I do not think that is possible with my current setup (no video inputs only outs on the video card). So I will probably have to settle for a cable that will connect the DVD player to the monitor directly. This will be annoying because I will have to switch cables every time I want to watch a movie or use the computer.
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June 30th, 2008 21:00
First, if you cannot get surround sound playing the DVD's with the PC's DVD drive and DVD playing software you will not be able to get surround sound with an external DVD player connected through an appropriate interface.
However, there are USB interface devices such as those made by DVDXpress, that will allow interfacing external devices with RCA Video and Audio connections. But remember you only have L/R stereo inputs, not surround audio inputs.