VLC & multiple displays: once fullscreen, all others black

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VLC & multiple displays: once fullscreen, all others black

Postby MikeBell » 28 Jan 2011 09:00

Once you go fullscreen in one display, VLC puts solid black overlay in all other displays. Why? How do I get rid of this silly behavior?

Thanks!

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Re: VLC & multiple displays: once fullscreen, all others bla

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 28 Jan 2011 14:55

deactivate overlay.
Your GPU driver is stupid.
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Re: VLC & multiple displays: once fullscreen, all others bla

Postby detlef » 28 Jan 2011 17:21

Preferences > Video > Black screens in Fullscreen mode : deactivate

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Re: VLC & multiple displays: once fullscreen, all others bla

Postby MikeBell » 31 Jan 2011 04:02

Preferences > Video > Black screens in Fullscreen mode : deactivate
Thanks! That works!


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