Set TV as default MediaPortal screen (1 Viewer)

[Pilgrimon]

MediaPortal Version: 1.1 RC1
MediaPortal Skin: BlueWide
Windows Version: Win7 Home Premium 32bit
CPU Type: Athlon 4850EE
HDD: WD 1.5Tb
Memory: 2Gb Kingston DDR2 HyperX
Motherboard: ASUS M3N78-VM
Video Card: GeForce 9500GT and integrated graphics 8200
1. TV Card: Kworld DVB-T PCI
HTPC Case: NOX Live II
Cooling: Arctic Cooling
Power Supply: 400W
Remote: iMon
TV: Old Philips CRT
TV - HTPC Connection: S-Video


Hi;

When I used Windows Media Center, the program automatically started on the TV screen (I've got two, one is "emulated" with a vga conector and few resistors to manage remotely with RAdmin), but Mediaportal insists opening itself on my VGA emulated desktop. I would like to have MediaPortal running by default on the TV screen and the VGA desktop free to manage it remotely from another LAN computer.


Is it possible?


Regards.

 

[rekenaar]

Hi

If I understand correctly, you have multi-monitor system?
Open MP Configuration. Under General, tick the Screenselector option and select the correct screen.

 

[Pilgrimon]

Great, It works, but with a quite big problem: when I start MediaPortal, the taskbar dissapear. I can see only the Start button, and I cant use any program.

Any way to solve this?


Best Regards.

 

[Marvman]

Try to start MP not in Full-screen

 

[Pilgrimon]

And after that What I should do to get MP in fullscreen avoiding the problem with the taskbar?

 

[Marvman]

When you are not in Full-screen then you can use programs parallel, otherwise not.

 

[Wolen]

Open it in full screen, there is a option to hide the task bar, deselect that. I have two monitors, Mepo opens on the second monitor and nothing is affected on the first monitor at all.

 

[Pilgrimon]

Great, it worked disabling the option hide taskbar. The only problem now is that when I manage the HTPC throught Radmin in the primary VGA screen, sometimes the mouse does not do what I want, for example, I click on the start button, the start menu appears and suddenly it disappears. Same problem clicking in other icons or zones of a program.

 

[Elv]

Is there any possibility to switch main monitor to idle mode in such situation?