Screen tearing on second monitor, 0.9.8a version

[adamfreeman]

Hi,

I recently udated to the 0.9.8a version of video lan and for some reason when i play video files the video plays fine on my primary monior but on my secondary monitor, which is a HDTV on the hdmi output, there is distinct screen tearing. It's really bugging me as i have no idea why this is suddenly happening, i've checked the v-sync on my ATI card is set to always on but it has made no difference. Any one else had similar problems to this or any solutions? The refresh rate is still the same on both monitors set at 60Hz, i really can't think of why this is happening..

[adamfreeman]

Just an update for anyone else with these issues, I chose to "reset the vlc media player preferences" and the problem went away. It seems it was an issue with using the hardware acceleration "direct 3d" or "directX" video playback.

[mbayaf]

I'm experiencing a rare flickering in the video when it is half on first and half on second monitor.
The flickering disappears when the video is only displayed in one monitor.

I'm trying on my laptop, screen one own laptop, screen two external one connected to the external vga out.
The chipset is Intel GMA965, if anyone needs.

Resetting preferences haven't done anything.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Try to deactivate Overlay in Video preferences.