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Two VLC screens with single video

Postby genegold » 05 Dec 2008 19:45

I have a single monitor and a problem in 0.9.6 with two downloaded .wmv videos from the same source that work fine with other players (WinXP/SP3). Whether I open the files, VLC shows a regular screen and a smaller one above w/o controls, the latter saying on top: "VLC (Software RGB DirectX Output)." Is there a setting to correct this? Other .wmv files run fine. Thanks.

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Re: Two VLC screens with single video

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 06 Dec 2008 00:50

This just means your video has two tracks enabled. VLC show them correctly.
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Re: Two VLC screens with single video

Postby genegold » 06 Dec 2008 01:03

This just means your video has two tracks enabled. VLC show them correctly.
Under 0.8.x last March VLC was of a different opinion.

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Re: Two VLC screens with single video

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 06 Dec 2008 01:11

Well, it was wrong.
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Re: Two VLC screens with single video

Postby genegold » 06 Dec 2008 02:05

Thanks. Btw, the link to this thread is giving a message that the certificate chain is incomplete and the certificate is not registered.
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... 7&e=175147

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Re: Two VLC screens with single video

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 06 Dec 2008 12:06

Thanks. Btw, the link to this thread is giving a message that the certificate chain is incomplete and the certificate is not registered.
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... 7&e=175147
Install cacert.org certificates.
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Re: Two VLC screens with single video

Postby genegold » 06 Dec 2008 17:53

Thanks. Btw, the link to this thread is giving a message that the certificate chain is incomplete and the certificate is not registered.
https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.ph ... 7&e=175147
Install cacert.org certificates.
I thought certificates were something the site (VideoLan) obtained and if there is a reported error such as one I reported, it means that the site has made an error (even if inadvertent). That's what the US-CERT site clearly states (http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST05-010.html). This is the first time I've ever heard it suggested that end users should have to register at a site like CAcert.org.

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Re: Two VLC screens with single video

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 07 Dec 2008 15:13

Well, read a bit around CAcert.org, and you will understand...
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