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sergio0483 Author

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Watching iTunes movies on VGA monitor

Windows 10 Pro, 21H1, iTunes 12.11.4.15

I have a laptop with a monitor connected to it via VGA cable. I can watch movies on the laptop's screen, but I cannot watch them on the monitor, though it was possible almost a year ago, now iTunes just freezes whenever I start playing a movie, and I have to stop the process in the task manager. I tried different settings, but it didn't help.

Is there any workaround for this? Or do I have to buy a HDMI cable now for some reason? (Will it help, if I do?)

Thank you in advance for any tips and advices!

P. S. I experience this problem almost a month. In the meantime, I tried everything I could from topics about iTunes freezing when playing video, so creation of a new library and moving files didn't help.

Windows, Windows 10

Posted on Aug 22, 2021 5:29 AM

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sergio0483 Author

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Aug 24, 2021 5:25 AM in response to turingtest2

Dear turingtest2 and other community members,

yesterday I was a happy iTunes user. I was able to watch one movie after I purchased the HDMI cable.

Today I have the same issue: I can watch a movie on laptop's screen, but not on the monitor, though I use HDMI port now.

Any ideas?..

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Aug 22, 2021 6:40 AM in response to sergio0483

Protected video needs to be played over an HDCP compliant connection, typically DVI or HDMI. VGA is not compliant.

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sergio0483 Author

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Aug 22, 2021 10:46 AM in response to turingtest2

turingtest2, thank you very much.

I don't know how I watched movies before. Maybe I watched them on laptop's display and forgot it.

I purchased HDMI cable. Everything is fine now.

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Aug 22, 2021 4:59 PM in response to sergio0483

You're welcome. 🙂

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Aug 24, 2021 8:13 AM in response to sergio0483

Is the monitor on the HDMI cable active before you launch iTunes? Reboot and try again?

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sergio0483 Author

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Aug 24, 2021 9:49 AM in response to turingtest2

It happened after the laptop was locked for some time, iTunes wasn't launched.

After reboot everything works fine.

Thank you.

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