Unwanted "VLC (software RGB DirectX output)" WINDOW

[jagman55]

1. A internet search couple of weeks back said to make some changes to the PREFERENCES which I did but now the Unwanted "VLC (software RGB DirectX output)" WINDOW is back.
DOES anyone know how to get rid of this troublesome window or what it is??

There is a post on this forum about this issue but the "answer" is:

Settings -> Preferences
Video -> Output modules -> DirectX (Check the Advanced options checkbox) AND
You may also want to check that video acceleration is on. Preferences --> Video the box marked "Overlay video output" should be checked.

BUT on the NEW version: VLC media player 2.0.2 Twoflower Does NOT match this release/version.

under OUTPUT MODULES there is NO just VIDEO OUTPUT but MANY choices and the closest is: "DIRECTX (DirectDraw) video output" (amoung many) BUT IT DOES NOT STOP THE LITTLE WINDOW.


2.
Windows 7 has the feature that in Windows Explorer, if you select multiple Videos FILES, then go to the menu, and hit "play selected: or just PLAY, VLC will play all in the selected.

Problem with VLC is TWO fold.
a. THE TITLE is displayed on the WINDOW but not the FILE NAME which is what Windows explorer identifies it by. And the only way to REALLY determine "which is which" is with the file which is in the Windows Explorer as sometime a TITLE is not listed but VLC finds one and you can not match the two so you can delete/move/copy/etc the video.

SOLUTION: if VLC gave us the choice of FILE NAME or TITLE on the VLC window at the top.

b. Regardless of how I select the videos to play, VLC does not play them in any recognizable order. They SEEM to be RANDOM so another way you can NOT identify what is playing.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to get around a great player otherwise?

[jagman55]

Sorry if in the wrong section as just having WINDOWS, I do not know if this is Windows specific.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Did you try resetting preferences?

[jagman55]

Can you point me to the suggested settings?
I went to your Welcome age and translated, are they there?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Ctrl+P and reset button.

[jagman55]

I though I was quite specific in my original post as to the problems I was handling, so just FORGET it.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Separate windows can be because you did not activate video embedding.

[jagman55]

Under "ALL" then "Video", there is a check mark for "Embedded Video" and it has always been checked. The little window still appears about 50-80% of the time and you have to "delete it" it goes away, then you have to hit "play" on the big window and off you go, Is that it the 'video embedding you are speaking of? Should it be UN-Checked since it is checked now?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

I speak about the main preferences, interface. And yet again, I advise to reset your preferences to the default ones.

[Underdog]

I experienced this phenomenon too. I've been using VLC for years and have never experienced this. I cleared cache and preferences and adjusted many settings including all those suggested in this post. I discovered that the only time (so far) I have this additional directX window is when certain videos are playing. Here is the codec info on this particular video:

I have 6 videos from this source - only two of them display the double window - and only those two contain two video streams!

Conclusion: The additional output window is not a VLC problem. It is encoded in the video itself.

[jagman55]

GREAT analysis.

Thanks.