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  1. #11
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    Re: How to watch movies on tv from my laptop

    I finally got catalyst 9.3 installed and working. I can set up cloning through Catalyst Control Centre so that I can watch movies on my tv.

    But my problem now is that video playback is crappy now. Watching on a small screen is fine but once I go to full screen the playback is choppy lagging. This happens when using VLC and also online with youtube and google videos.

    I have googled this error and it seems like i need to edit my xorg.conf file but I don't know what it is that I am meant to change

    here is my x.org.conf

    # xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
    #
    # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
    # values from the debconf database.
    #
    # Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
    # (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
    #
    # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
    # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
    # package.
    #
    # Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
    # in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
    # here are ignored.
    #
    # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
    # again, run the following command:
    # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

    Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "aticonfig Layout"
    Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
    EndSection

    Section "Files"
    EndSection

    Section "Module"
    Load "glx"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option "DPMS" "true"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Driver "fglrx"
    Option "UseFastTLS" "1"
    BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
    Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
    Viewport 0 0
    Depth 24
    EndSubSection
    EndSection

  2. #12
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    Re: How to watch movies on tv from my laptop

    OK so I have got it to work. I removed fglrx because it was too slow and choppy. But I found some commands that enabled 2 screens to work with the s-video cable. They are as follows

    xrandr --output S-video --set load_detection 1
    xrandr --addmode S-video 800x600
    xrandr --output S-video --mode 800x600

    After entering those commands my computer was on my tv. I have to mirror the resolutions in System/Preferences/Screen Resolution if I want to watch movies on the tv, but that is no great hassle. Hopefully this can help some people. Thanks to all those who made suggestions.

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