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Hello, I am new to VLC and had a question.

I have a projector hooked up to my laptop via blue video cable. I can play a video on my laptop monitor just fine.

My laptop monitor and projector display the same thing, however the VLC video window is just all black on the projector and does not play the video.

How can I set it to display the moving video on both outputs, or at least just the projector?

Thanks.

The best way is to get a video splitter, because clone mode on most computers do not duplicate the video feed that vlc produces. However, there is another way to get it to display on the projector. Go to preferences->video->output modules. Enable advanced options and change the module to directx, opengl, or windows gdi. If this doesn't work, switch the module to directx, and click on DirectX in the output modules submenu. Change name of desired display device to your projector name. Hope this helps.

Try disabling the "Overlay video output": Preferences > Video (check the "Advanced options" box), un-check the box for "Overlay video output", save and restart VLC media player.