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| daDocta |
| Posted: Sep 30 2004, 02:55 AM |
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I have a NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900 which, like many video cards, has 'dual-view' or whatever you want to call it -- it can output multiple displays over several different types. Your options for using this technology however are either mirrored - show the same view on both outputs - or some form of stretched desktop which is screwy b/c windows never spawn on the right one and full-screen apps get all weird, etc.
I'd love to see a video playback program who's controls were completely contained in the primary (regular windows desktop) display, but displayed its video to the second video out. I've never seen anything like this but don't think it should be that difficult. Does anyone know of anything like this or perhaps know someone who could code it? |
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| thebandnerd |
 Posted: Oct 11 2004, 03:33 PM |
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Docta,
There is one other option with Dualview that you have to dig around to find: "Extend my desktop onto this monitor."
It allows you to use the other monitor without putting your start menu on it, without stretching the size of maximized application windows. For instance, using this type of view, you can maximize a window and it will fill only one monitor, while the other is completely usable and viewable.
In other words, you don't need special code to view video in one window and controls in another. A program called bsplayer has a video window separate from the control bar, and you can move the video to either monitor and double click it to maximize on that monitor alone. If it is your secondary monitor, you have full use of all your desktop items, etc, while you enjoy wonderful Turkish films with your peripheral vision.
Please explore your Nvidia options.
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| rfmmars |
| Posted: Oct 13 2004, 04:31 AM |
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Magix's NLE MEP2004 supports dual monitors.
www.magix.com
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| dlandelle |
| Posted: Oct 13 2004, 03:09 PM |
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Magix looks nice, but I want to keep on using VD
I feel that multi-display is somewhat due to technology limitations  and I'm not shure it will survive when the display technology will offer 1920x1080 as a standard resolution...
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