Force fullscreen to display (linux) (X11)

[IronLegend]

What I have:
LibVLC application that plays music and video, that switches automatically to full screen.
Fullscreen now defaults to the active screen (eg your clicking a website on screen 1 while you want to watch a movie on screen 2, it fullscreens to screen 1. instead of screen 2 where the application is located. )

What I want to do:
Set fullscreen to screen 2.

What I have tried:
I've been playing with media options and I cant seem to get video-x video-y to work, the rest works fine.

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//begin loading media... libvlc_media_t * media = libvlc_media_new_path( vlcinst, path.c_str() ); libvlc_media_add_option( media, ":video-y=1" ); libvlc_media_add_option( media, ":video-x=1920" ); setupplaylist( media ); //do more stuff.....

Are there any other options or a workaround for video-x/y?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

The details of fullscreen mode are implemented by the X11 window manager, whichever you use, not by VLC. Thus, there is no way to control it directly from LibVLC.

[IronLegend]

The details of fullscreen mode are implemented by the X11 window manager, whichever you use, not by VLC. Thus, there is no way to control it directly from LibVLC.

Found a work around for KDE and a possible workaround for Gnome

KDE:
* Add window specific instructions:
Settings -> Window Behaviour -> Window-Specific -> New..
Window:
Window class: vlc
Window role: vlc-video
Window Extra:
Select "Normal Window"
Window title: VLC media player (TODO: modify so it is unique for your application?)
Geometry:
Add your desired position.

Gnome: (untested)
Use devilspie to force the window to a location.
config:

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(if (and (is (window_class) "vlc") (is (window_role) "vlc-video") (is (window_name) "VLC media player" )) (geometry "+x+y"))

[vinifr]

So, is it not possible to playback a video using only libvlc? http://wiki.videolan.org/LibVLC_Tutorial (Sample LibVLC Code)
Must to use a secondary library like libgtk, libqt, libsdl or libx11?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

You need a window manager running. You don't need a library as such.