Playing a film through my laptop?

mercurystar999

How would i play a film via my laptop to my telly? I have a Sony DVD player which allows connection to my laptop but what connections would i need and how easy is it?

Thanks

5bellies_2

Depends on what outputs your laptop has.

Easiest answer is if your laptop has a S-Video output on it, in which case a S-Video to Scart lead and a 3.5mm jack to 2xPhono for audio is what you need (about £17 in Maplin for 1m kit).

If you've only got the external monitor output the question becomes a lot more difficult and you may need a dedicated converter box to change the signal to something your TV will accept.

mercurystar999

Apparently my DVD player a Sony DAV DZ260 will accept an input from a laptop.

KathysBoy

mercurystar999 wrote: »

How would i play a film via my laptop to my telly? I have a Sony DVD player which allows connection to my laptop but what connections would i need and how easy is it?

Thanks

You normally connect a laptop direct to a TV using a VGA connection (assuming its a reasonably modern TV (Plasma/LCD) it should have a connection at the back). This is what the cable looks like here, but these are male/male, and you may need a male/female. However, this will only give you video and you need to connect the sound via a 3.5 jack from your laptop, to a suitable input on yout TV. You may have a 3.5 jack, or it may be phono inputs in which case you will this type of lead. Depending upon your DVD you might be able to route the sound through that (this is what I do, so I play the video on the TV and the sound through the DVD speakers), although I´m not sure how you´re connecting the video (and why).

mercurystar999

I thought my DVD player could play divx files but it seems not so i thought it'd be easier than converting a divx file to a format supported on my DVD player. I assume i'd have to convert it to a normal DVD? Is this possible?

KathysBoy

mercurystar999 wrote: »

I thought my DVD player could play divx files but it seems not so i thought it'd be easier than converting a divx file to a format supported on my DVD player. I assume i'd have to convert it to a normal DVD? Is this possible?

Loads of software available to do that. Try here. There is both free and paid for stuff, but if you´.re going to convert it to a video file you might as well burn it to a DVD and play it direct from your DVD. However, if you use the connection method I describe above you should just be able to play the DivX file on your laptop, and then route it through your TV

mercurystar999

I've downloaded dvd flick, will this convert divx files to dvd?

Donnie

mercurystar999 wrote: »

I've downloaded dvd flick, will this convert divx files to dvd?

Yes, it will.

mercurystar999

I can't seem to get it to work? It creates a file in a folder on my documents but when i then burn to disc it won't play?

Donnie

You need to choose the option to Burn Project to Disc, not Create ISO image.

Guide

mercurystar999

Done that, lets see if that works.

Thanks