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Im try to set up to get my PC screen to audio to work on my tv 9since my vid card dont have any other plugins)
please no flaming or dumb answers or questions why
what i think might work is

VGA Splitter (x1 Male VGA split's Into x2 Female VGA's)
so my PC screen plugs into one
and the other one connects to an adapter
(Male VGA To Female Video RCA)
then just normal Video RCA (male on both sides) plugs right into the adapter and other end right into the TV
heres a pic to help the idea ignore the size and way it looks
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i172/Tanner2007/wtf-2.jpg

will it work?

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Re: Dumb Question [message #346163 is a reply to message #346071] Mon, 11 August 2008 11:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Only if you want the same image on both screens, and it would be picture only, audio is carried on a seperate cable.

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danpaul88 wrote on Mon, 11 August 2008 11:58

Only if you want the same image on both screens, and it would be picture only, audio is carried on a seperate cable.

yes thats all i want..same image....but the audio i plan on doing as way and came up with

using a stereo splitter speakers plug into one and rca audiop to stereo cable plugs into the tv...which i already have that lats cable heres a pic

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i172/Tanner2007/wtf2-1.jpg
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Well assuming you get all the necessary cables and adapters it should work, but quality might suffer, especially for the TV as it goes through so many adapters.

Also, be careful with audio splitters, some of them will split into left and right channel, so you end up with the left channel coming out of one set of speakers and the right channel out of the other set, rather than the full audio out of both.


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Re: Dumb Question [message #346170 is a reply to message #346071] Mon, 11 August 2008 12:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I'm not 100% sure what you're trying to do. Are you trying to use your TV in place of a monitor, or trying to duplicate the image on your monitor onto the TV?

Also, why would you want sound coming out of both your PC speakers and TV speakers?


Either way, the audio splitter you're looking for is this. This will just split your audio signal into 2 separate channels, allowing one to go to the PC speakers, and another to the TV. Then to get the audio to the TV, you will need this. (Note: I just found the first search result, for either product, anything like it will do, it doesn't have to be that exact one.)

For the video, answer the first question I asked about replacing or duplicating, and I'll have an answer for you.
EDIT: I think I understand your question, and for whatever reason, you wanna duplicate it...

So, lemme clarify: The only port your vid card has is a VGA port? No DVI or S-video?

VGA to RCA is very tricky, because VGA carries a different signal than RCA, so I'm pretty sure it only works in certain circumstances. Therefore, I'm not entirely sure what you wanna do is possible.


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If you don't want EA to get any credit, destroy their Refinery. Duh.

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well you see the thing is i have movies on my computer (avi) and my and my girl rather WATCH them on the tv rather then a small computer screen (my big one broke and is placed away from any bed or anything) so im thinking to make the tv screen show what my pc shows simply because only plug in i have is VGA so only way i can think off is making it dual view so i play movie then i just turn off pc screen but still on tv screen....and same goes for the audio....o and FYI the video and audio RCA arnt plunging directly to my tv...its connected to a RCA switch box so i can choose what i wanna play ( i have multiply RCA things plug in for example ones a PS2) but ignore the whole switch box thing you think of one RCA plugin for my tv ....and it is the video VGA to RCA im worried about
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You'd be looking for a part like this. Along with that you'd just need the RCA video cable (male to male), which isn't hard to find.

However: in order for this to work, your video card must have TV-Out capabilities. Check the specs on your card to see if it's got it.


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Canadacdn wrote on Wed, 02 July 2008 15:52

If you don't want EA to get any credit, destroy their Refinery. Duh.

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SlikRik wrote on Mon, 11 August 2008 15:05

You'd be looking for a part like this. Along with that you'd just need the RCA video cable (male to male), which isn't hard to find.

However: in order for this to work, your video card must have TV-Out capabilities. Check the specs on your card to see if it's got it.

well my vid card is onboard........ in the front of ym pc it says "NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE" but on device manager it says "NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE nForce 430" so im not sure
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Nvidia

Integrated HDTV Encoder
Provides world-class HDTV-out functionality up to and including 1920x1080i resolutions. Includes RCA, S-video and component output support.
Feature only available for GeForce 6150/nForce 430.


I'm not sure if RCA or component counts as TV-out.


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Canadacdn wrote on Wed, 02 July 2008 15:52

If you don't want EA to get any credit, destroy their Refinery. Duh.

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well wont it just think of it as VGA since the adapter
Re: Dumb Question [message #346335 is a reply to message #346071] Tue, 12 August 2008 05:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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No, like I said, VGA runs on different signals than RCA, so in order for what you want to work, your card needs TV-out capability in order to encode the signals properly so that the RCA device can read them.

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Canadacdn wrote on Wed, 02 July 2008 15:52

If you don't want EA to get any credit, destroy their Refinery. Duh.

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SlikRik wrote on Tue, 12 August 2008 05:12

No, like I said, VGA runs on different signals than RCA, so in order for what you want to work, your card needs TV-out capability in order to encode the signals properly so that the RCA device can read them.

i read that website and still not sure how to be 100% positive
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google "does rca/component mean tv-out"

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Canadacdn wrote on Wed, 02 July 2008 15:52

If you don't want EA to get any credit, destroy their Refinery. Duh.

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SlikRik wrote on Tue, 12 August 2008 10:27

google "does rca/component mean tv-out"

im go ask on NVIDIA forums...lets say if they say yes...will this work audio and video wise?
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somone siad

I think theoretically if you went from

VGA <--> S Video

and then

S Video <--> to Yellow RCA you could do it, although I am imagine some distortion or warping since it's now going through 3 adapters and some of the image may be getting skewered




wuill that work
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cool never thought of that lol

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NaughtyChild wrote on Sat, 16 August 2008 10:28

cool never thought of that lol

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SSnipe wrote on Sat, 16 August 2008 01:02

somone siad

I think theoretically if you went from

VGA <--> S Video

and then

S Video <--> to Yellow RCA you could do it, although I am imagine some distortion or warping since it's now going through 3 adapters and some of the image may be getting skewered




wuill that work

Not sure if even that would work. But you're right, if it does, there would be a bit of quality loss (not sure how noticeable). S-video is pretty crappy quality video anyway, converting it twice more I would imagine would be just that much shittier.


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Canadacdn wrote on Wed, 02 July 2008 15:52

If you don't want EA to get any credit, destroy their Refinery. Duh.

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SlikRik wrote on Sun, 17 August 2008 07:25

SSnipe wrote on Sat, 16 August 2008 01:02

somone siad

I think theoretically if you went from

VGA <--> S Video

and then

S Video <--> to Yellow RCA you could do it, although I am imagine some distortion or warping since it's now going through 3 adapters and some of the image may be getting skewered




wuill that work

Not sure if even that would work. But you're right, if it does, there would be a bit of quality loss (not sure how noticeable). S-video is pretty crappy quality video anyway, converting it twice more I would imagine would be just that much shittier.

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