How to play DVD from MacBook and watch on TV

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angel-aangel-a
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in Genius Bar edited November 2014
I'm new to this... please excuse the rudimentary question.



I have a black MacBook... got it about 6 months ago. I have been watching DVDs on the player that came with it but would like to watch them on my television without buying another bulky box for my small apartment.



I purchased an adapter from apple that goes mini dvi to dvi. I bought a connector that links the Mac piece up to a hdmi cable. I connected this 3 piece cord to the part of my tv that says HDMI 1.



I see my screensaver beautifully. But when I play the DVD on the MacBook the TV still shows my screensaver.



What am I doing wrong?

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    kmac1036kmac1036 Posts: 281member
    press your f key that toggles the mirror vs extended screen option. it looks like 2 squares overlapping each other.
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    noracodynoracody Posts: 1member
    I have a new aluminum macbook and a samsung lcd tv. Have the macbook hooked up and can see the screen saver on the television but that's all -- cannot play dvds or anything. I tried toggling the f3 key and other f keys to no effect. Can anyone help me please?? Thanks in advance.
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    kingofsomewherehotkingofsomewherehot Posts: 4,185member
    System Preferences -> Displays
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    lnwpen88lnwpen88 Posts: 1member

    Macbook is the jackport, which result from the work. I used it up.

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