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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 5434"><p>I have struggled with exactly the same thing. A couple of possible options come with the Radeon drivers.</p><p></p><p>"Theatre mode" tries to capture fullscreen playback and sends it to the secondary monitor. That way you use the monitor to control MP and the TV to view playback of recorded shows, DVD, etc.</p><p></p><p>"Clone mode" does just that. It displays the same on the secondary monitor (tv) as is seen on the monitor. However, that means that MP will be 1024x768 on your tv (or whatever your monitor is set to) and you can't work on the computer at the same time as your family wants to watch MP on the TV.</p><p></p><p>Tip: <strong>don't</strong> extend/enable the second monitor to get to these options</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I must admit that I didn't realise it was such a big job to fix.</p><p></p><p>I believe that this will be a significant driver for a split front/back end architecture. If MP had better support for an alternate front-end, which could use the existing front-end, one with no DX9/directshow requirements, or a web based front-end, then users could choose one which fitted their requirements. If someone wanted to display on a secondary monitor they would just use a different front-end without the current limitations.</p><p></p><p>Just my 2 cents.</p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 5434"] I have struggled with exactly the same thing. A couple of possible options come with the Radeon drivers. "Theatre mode" tries to capture fullscreen playback and sends it to the secondary monitor. That way you use the monitor to control MP and the TV to view playback of recorded shows, DVD, etc. "Clone mode" does just that. It displays the same on the secondary monitor (tv) as is seen on the monitor. However, that means that MP will be 1024x768 on your tv (or whatever your monitor is set to) and you can't work on the computer at the same time as your family wants to watch MP on the TV. Tip: [b]don't[/b] extend/enable the second monitor to get to these options I must admit that I didn't realise it was such a big job to fix. I believe that this will be a significant driver for a split front/back end architecture. If MP had better support for an alternate front-end, which could use the existing front-end, one with no DX9/directshow requirements, or a web based front-end, then users could choose one which fitted their requirements. If someone wanted to display on a secondary monitor they would just use a different front-end without the current limitations. Just my 2 cents.[/quote] [/QUOTE]
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