S-video: sound >< screen

[snessiram]

I recently wanted to watch an avi video that's on my thinkpad using my tv as a screen. I connected the S-video output of my thinkpad (R60) with the S-video in on my dvd player (I've an old tv that hasn't a lot of connections) and connected an audio system using my audio out. The problem is that the image was shown on the television always a second or two later than on the laptop screen, so also two seconds after the sound coming with that image.

Has anyone an idea if it's because of a slow-down due to the use of a dvd-player in-between the laptop and the tv? Or just because it's S-video? Anyone suggestions to solve this? (maybe as "bad solution" a media player that can delay the sound too?)

[Manarius]

Is your laptop "busy" (ie doing other things) while you're trying to watch the movie? That usually causes audio/video mismatch.

[christopher_wolf]

An R60? Nice

What media player are you using to display it? It is quite possible that the overlay that it uses to display the movie on the Thinkpad's screen is being inefficiently duplicated and slowing things down.

Have you tried it with the Thinkpad's screen off, as a setting not just through Fn+F3, and with another media player (such as VLC)?

[snessiram]

1) Laptop wasn't doing anything but the movie
2) I tried VLC (use that one mostly ), intervideo windvd and finally windows media player, all the same
3) I'll try with the thinkpad screen off tomorrow and I'll try to use the S-video in on my camcorder to see if that one doesn't slow it down (wich would mean the problem is the dvd-player between the thinkpad and the tv)

[snessiram]

3) I just tried with the camcorder (en TP screen on) and it was perfect . (nothing wrong with my TP, Pfieeuw)
I'll see if I can get around my dvdplayer somehow... (or maybe do the audio through it too)

[lazy_bull]

I had the exact same issue with playing divx movies with nero showtime or windows media player... This was fixed after installing K-Lite Codec Pack 2.7.2.0. Be sure to download the light version and not the full-blown-loaded-with-crap version.

[Casper118]

K-Lite Is nice.

BSPlayer the non buyware version. Is the one I use. Tried Klite last year just got to many errors.

[snessiram]

Forgot to post it: I fixed it by just using the sound through my dvd player too.

@lazy_bull: A while ago I had (on another pc) installed K-lite codecs but everything seems to work without it too... I know of the existance if needed
What you are suggesting actually wouldn't have been a solution for my problem because on the thinkpad it was just fine, but it might be a solution for some other people around.