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Last answer on Nov 18, 2009 5:12:59 pm GMT Mary46, on Jan 14, 2008 9:40:21 am GMT 
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Hello,

I have a Sony notebook which I hooked up to a second monitor. When I play a DVD and slide it over to the second monitor, the movie goes black. The audio is still working, but I lost the video.

When I slide it back halfway onto the notebook, the half that's on the notebook is visible and the video on the monitor is black. Is there something wrong with my settings and can this be fixed?

Thanks for your help.

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Steven75, on Jan 15, 2008 10:19:53 am GMT

Try to set your second monitor to primary and set your laptop monitor as secondary.

If I'm not wrong, you should be able to view your movie on both screens, whichever you wish to view with.

Hope this works, although I'm not too sure about it.

   
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ducati, on Jan 18, 2009 6:31:25 pm GMT

I have the same problem b4.. u may have a old computer or laptop.. decrease the screen size or close some other applications.. hope it helps..

   
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Robb, on Feb 20, 2009 3:35:05 pm GMT

Often this has to do with the software "attaching" to one monitor or the other. You can change which monitor it displays on by moving the playback program to the monitor _before_ starting to play the video. I believe what is happening is that the video engages drivers that access the hardware more directly (for speed's sake - smoother video), and thus some are not able to handle switching the video output to another piece of hardware while in the middle of playback.

   
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Multiple Monitors, on Apr 28, 2009 10:07:13 pm BST
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The Three main ways to Setup Multiple Monitors

1) You can buy a pre-manufactured multiple monitor computer. The best place to purchase a multiple monitor computer is at: http://Multi-Monitors.com. They carry a multi-monitor computer line called SUPER PC that can support from 2 to 12 monitors (or more if you ask).

Multiple Monitor Computers:
http://www.multi-monitors.com/...

Multiple Monitor Displays:
http://www.multi-monitors.com/...

2) You can get a USB to VGA Adapter, or USB to DVI Adapter that will allow you to add an extra monitor to your computer via any USB2.0 Port. You can also add multiple extra monitors by using multiple adapters. This is a great option for viewing documents, surfing the web, using Microsoft Office and many other business tasks. This is not a good option for intense graphical situations such as HDTV, Blu-ray, Gaming and 3D / CAD Workstation applications. For those types of scenarios, it is highly recommended that you purchase a high-powered multi-monitor workstation or a Matrox Dual or Triple Head2Go.

Multiple Monitor Adapters:
http://www.multi-monitors.com/...

3) You can replace or add an extra video card to your existing computer, depending on how many monitors you wish to support. Although this sounds easy enough, this is a rather complex solution for a beginner, especially when trying to find a compatible graphics card. For this reason, I am going to write an entirely seperate post on that topic and will link to it here, very soon.

Multiple Monitor Graphics Cards:
http://www.multi-monitors.com/category_s/1914.htm

Once you have your multiple monitor system set up and ready to use, you will need to enable all of your monitors in your “Display Properties” Control Panel. Here is a great link to a complete and animated walkthrough of how to enable your multiple monitors in Windows.

How to Setup Multiple Monitors (Instructions)

http://www.multi-monitors.com/...

This is what it will look like when you are done:
Video Demo 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_avGStqZOI
Video Demo 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AR7WDpCXj4

   
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C2, on May 31, 2009 11:07:04 pm BST

This is a common problem for the dual monitor cards. Simply move your player of choice over to the monitor you want to view your movie on and press STOP than PLAY and the video should work along with the already working audio.

Best Regards,
C2

   
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 SPAZZOUT, on Nov 18, 2009 5:12:59 pm GMT

I have had the same problem in the past, (VLC media player). If you start the video in your primary monitor and drag it to the secondary monitor then close the app. when you re-start it it will start up in the secondary monitor.


Works for me anyway

   
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