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_nmk · Nov 23, 2003, 02:03 PM

Hi all,

I have a 12" G4 iBook which I have patched to support screen spanning in addition to mirroring.

I often find myself wanting to have a movie playing fullscreen on my external 19" screen and still be able to have a browser or text editor open on the iBook screen.

The trouble is that to do that I have to set the external monitor to be the primary one, so that VLC or MPlayer will display a movie fullscreen on it. If it is a secondary monitor they go to fullscreen on the iBook screen.

That way I am loosing the Dock and the menubar - not very good.

Any ideas how I could bring fullscreen video on an external monitor which is hooked up as a secondary display?

Many thanks in advance,
_nmk

Sarc · Nov 23, 2003, 05:18 PM

VLC will allow you to select which monitor you want.
It's available under Video > Video Device IIRC.

geekwagon · Nov 23, 2003, 07:32 PM

As Sarc said, in VLC you need to go into the prefs and change which display to use. In Quicktime or MPlayer, you can just drag the window to the other display before you fullscreen it.