Run media portan on secondary display - full screen (1 Viewer)

A

Anonymous

Guest
Hi,

How can I run media portal on secondary display in full screen mode.

best regards,

J
 

SciDoctor

Retired Team Member
  • Premium Supporter
  • February 2, 2005
    1,465
    139
    England
    Which graphics card do you use ?

    You need to make that monitor/display have the primary overlay thus giving access to the hardware 3d acceleration that MP needs
     
    A

    Anonymous

    Guest
    To get Media Portal to run fullscreen on a secondary screen...

    1st drag media portal across to that screen.
    2nd Maximise in that screen.
    3rd press alt+enter

    That gets you Full screen + live TV + DVD's + music etc. If you do not maximise before alt+enter in your secondary display full screen will always goe to display 1.

    BTW You cannot get Media Portal to run from startup maximised in display 2 (only display 1)

    Regards
    JohnnyBoyMcD

    I am using nVidia geforce card (basic $25 card), 1.6 GHz, 1G, AMD, XP
     
    A

    Anonymous

    Guest
    or you can use windows multi monitor display to make the tv the default display, and the monitor the secondary! :lol:
     
    A

    Anonymous

    Guest
    I appreciate that but the question was how to get full screen on your secondary screen not your primary.. :D

    Your solution causes all apps/dialogs to start on your TV and if Media Portal is full screen they are hidden behind it.... including the task bar... :(

    It also annoys the wife the next time she logs in! :roll: and you don’t want to do that!
     

    mPod

    Portal Pro
    January 26, 2005
    2,084
    3
    Berlin
    Home Country
    Germany Germany
    Search the forum. There are several threads explaining why this is impossible due to lack of support in DX by MS. Magic word: "Exclusive Mode"
     
    A

    Anonymous

    Guest
    JohnnyBoyMcD said:
    I appreciate that but the question was how to get full screen on your secondary screen not your primary.. :D

    Your solution causes all apps/dialogs to start on your TV and if Media Portal is full screen they are hidden behind it.... including the task bar... :(

    It also annoys the wife the next time she logs in! :roll: and you don’t want to do that!

    no your right. sorry! :shock:
     

    pepsi_max2k

    Portal Member
    December 11, 2005
    23
    0
    this is how mine's set up:

    primary monitor: tv.
    secondary monitor (with extend... ticked): crt
    renderer: VMR9

    i started the other way round but moving the MP window onto the TV and maximising would make things go really slow, mouse skipping about etc.
    this way, somehow, i still have the task bar and icons on the crt (secondary) monitor. start media portal in window, move it onto TV, fullscreen it (alt + enter). sure, some programs open on the TV display to start with but once you've moved them to the CRT once, it seems to remember opening them there. only thing stopping it being perfect is the MP maximise still makes the task/start bar dissapear. is there any way to stop that? i keep forgetting what time it is :?

    EDIT: starting with just the crt enabled as primary monitor, i have to highlight the second monitor (in display properties > settings), tick extend my desktop... CLICK APPLY, then tick use this device as primary.. and hit apply again. if you do it in a different order then the task bar ends up on the TV display.
     

    Users who are viewing this thread


    Write your reply...

    Similar threads

    In the UK, the EPG transmitted in the DVB-T datastream allows each programme to have two genres -- a primary genre, and a secondary genre (i.e. a subgenre). The primary genre might be something like Film (or Movie in the USA). The secondary genre for Film might be something like: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Romance, Science...
    In the UK, the EPG transmitted in the DVB-T datastream allows each programme to have two genres -- a primary genre, and a secondary...
    In the UK, the EPG transmitted in the DVB-T datastream allows each programme to have two genres -- a primary genre, and a secondary...
    Replies
    0
    Views
    419
    Just those I attached. I messed about with task priorities MP/TV-Server/SQL-Server and the issue changed to the skin.. I would do something, but it would be 10's of seconds before the action happened. Doing an Alt-Tab would flush the actions. Too weird lol!! So, with some flak from the family, I had to give in. I just did a...
    Just those I attached. I messed about with task priorities MP/TV-Server/SQL-Server and the issue changed to the skin.. I would do...
    So, this one has me quite stumped. Have tried ) and a few things - driver updates, kicking the box, threatening it with a static...
    Replies
    8
    Views
    1K
    My bad, I misunderstood your post then :) Yeah, these things can get complicated really quickly. I remember scrapping some of my skin-improvement-ideas because I couldn't get these cross-dependencies sorted out.
    My bad, I misunderstood your post then :) Yeah, these things can get complicated really quickly. I remember scrapping some of my...
    I adjusted the MyMusicPlayingNowInfos.xml for my OldEyes variant of DWHD so it fits without crowding. I now have the issue of text...
    Replies
    7
    Views
    425
    Actually I solved this myself. I did have the correct driver (it was the only one which would work). But on the drivers download page, there was an additional item called "TBS6281se V2 Change Mode Tool". There was zero documentation to accompany this. I downloaded it and ran it. It is a tool to detect the current run state of both...
    Actually I solved this myself. I did have the correct driver (it was the only one which would work). But on the drivers download...
    My previous TBS PCI-E card failed, so I bought another one. The model I chose is the TBS 6181-SE, which can be seen on Amazon here...
    Replies
    2
    Views
    149
    Great Work, i tried for 10h music and pictures without any problem. Thank you for your help. a Donation is on the way
    Great Work, i tried for 10h music and pictures without any problem. Thank you for your help. a Donation is on the way
    Hi, I use the slideshow when I play MP3-Playlists at partys to make the screen more interesting. Sadly after a couple-pictures I...
    Replies
    2
    Views
    718
    Top Bottom