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Racemaniac 2004-12-13 00:14
i got a geforce 6800 GT, with 2 screens attached
whatever i try, i can't play video on both monitors at the same time (unless i make one of them a full screen player, but then both monitors show the same)
i have been able to spread a video over both screens by turning of direct 3d hardware acceleration, but then my pc can't make a good framerate (and since it's very fast, i don't think any pc can)
is it possible? the main problem is only one of bot screens shows the video, if i drag it from one screen to the other, the screen having most of the video on it shows the video, the other one just a black rectangle....
when trying full screen, same result, primary monitor gets the video, secondary monitor goes black
when i do a horizontal span instead of a dual screen setup, same problem, only one monitor can show the video...
i have played games on both monitors at the sametime (halflife2 for example, was nice to see it was possible) so direct 3d on both screens together should be possible....
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xun 2004-12-18 14:22
I have the same problem, so if anyone has the answer, please reply. thanks!
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ECarlson 2004-12-18 14:53
Video plays via overlays, and overlays generally only work on one monitor at a time. As you've found, you can set your video player program to not use overlays, but display performance suffers.
- Eric, www.InvisibleRobot.com
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zima 2005-01-04 05:42
You just need a card that has at least two independent hardware overlays...
I know for sure that Matrox Parhelia & P-series cards can do that; other - don't know I'm afraid
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Seahorse 2005-01-05 05:53
Horizonatal span used to work just fine for videos, it was the 5x.s I think or the 4s.
Been a while since I bothered tring - I have 3 monitors, which seems to fubar that one completely...
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Mike
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Philip M 2005-01-05 11:27
Have you tried another player?
Some players are designed with dual monitor support, and can allow you to put 1/2 the movie on each monitor. Stereoscopic player is the one I use, there may be a better one out there that I'm not familiar with though.
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UB 2005-01-06 02:30
Hello
You should try:
- to disable "full screen device" in full screen video options of nvidia drivers.
- the horizontal span mode
- media player classic (old renderer in video output)
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