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Bug: Screen blanks on monitor move
Posted: 29 Sep 2006 04:37
by Loren Pechtel
Unfortunately I can't trigger this reliably.
My hardware configuration is 3 monitors. Monitors #1 and #2 are connected to the primary video card, an AGP card. Monitor #3 runs off a PCI card. They are physically arranged #2, #1, #3. If I launch Videolan on monitor #3 and then drag it to monitor #2 sometimes it blanks out on the transition from #1 to #2. Dragging it to #1 will restore the image and it will remain if dragged back to #2.
Posted: 29 Sep 2006 04:45
by DJ
This is a Windows issue where as Microsoft describes in their Knowledge Data Base that an AGP card will take precedence over a PCI card and you may have problems when there are more than 2 monitors. Unfortunately they never describe the nature of the problems.
Posted: 29 Sep 2006 19:59
by Loren Pechtel
But I'm moving from the PCI to the AGP--a Windows bug that gives priority to the AGP shouldn't cause a problem.
Incidently, it happened moving from #3 to #1.
Posted: 29 Sep 2006 20:17
by DJ
Actually, I would think the problem would be the second monitor on the AGP card. But I have never had 3 monitors to try to work this one out. If it is workable considering Microsoft's statements.
Posted: 26 Oct 2006 11:37
by Monsu
I'm having the same problem. Any clues anyone?
Posted: 26 Oct 2006 16:38
by Loren Pechtel
Actually, I would think the problem would be the second monitor on the AGP card. But I have never had 3 monitors to try to work this one out. If it is workable considering Microsoft's statements.
1) It works *MOST* of the time. It always can be recovered by dragging it back and forth.
2) It very occasionally fails on PCI -> AGP primary.
Posted: 26 Oct 2006 20:56
by DJ
Hmm! Now that sounds more like Microsoft.
Posted: 27 Oct 2006 15:06
by Monsu
1) It works *MOST* of the time. It always can be recovered by dragging it back and forth.
2) It very occasionally fails on PCI -> AGP primary.
Yeah, that's exactly how it works. My only problem is that I'm trying to build a software which moves the windows in place automatically, so dragging back and forth isn't really a possibility. I'm trying to solve it by moving the windows in like 10 steps to the target monitor withing the soft. This works on some videos, others doesn't. What I'm trying to achieve is that every window on my wall would work automatically, whatever the input video is.
If anyone can think of an easier way to achieve this, any help would be nice.
And btw. changing the VLC code directly from my part is not considered an option.