DVD's across dual displays (9600pro)

[oshta]

Hi, i run dual displays, using my sapphire ati 9600pro, and i was wondering is its possable to get dvd's to play across both, becuase, if i try and strech powerdvd acrross both, it will only display one half the picture

- are there any programs/options that alow this to work?


daniel

[Atomic]

It depends if your card supports the video overlay across both screens simultaneously.

If one half is black and the other shows the video the it does not, and there is nothing you can do about it short of buying a new card.

[oshta]

if one half is black and the other shows the video the it does not, and there is nothing you can do about it short of buying a new card.

- well, that what i get, i though it was the video overlay, is there no way of fixing it to work?

[skattrd]

Have you tried Hydravision?
link

[oshta]

urrm, no

- i will, right now (will the basic edition do, to save me DLing 10mb's)

[oshta]

Well, i DLed the full edition anyway - but it seems to make no diffrence at all!

- all i have noticed it that there are some buttons on the right of the window header, that clash with the Ultramon buttons
- and the Multipul desktop gimick

daniel

[icp222]

Do your dual monitors run at the same res? Or are they different?

[muddyfox470]

it shud be able to, like they have in studios etc, im sure there is some free software somewhere, i can remeber having it on an old geforce gfx card tho!

i think so, but then again i cud be wrong lol!

[oshta]

Do your dual monitors run at the same res? Or are they different?

no, there not (unfortantly)

- the primary (lefthand) screen is a 19" at 1280*1024
- the secondary (right) screen is a 15" at 1024*768 (both runnin at 85hz)

[icp222]

Unfortunately for you, but not for me as I am glad the 9600pro or higher can run at different reses... As I will be doing the exact same thing as you...

What does it run like?

[Atomic]

it shud be able to, like they have in studios etc, im sure there is some free software somewhere, i can remeber having it on an old geforce gfx card tho!

Nope. Studios would use a professional card that specifically supports video overlay across both monitors.

Again, I'll say unless the hardware supports it it wont work. No software will do it as it is a hardware limitation.

Also, it doesn't make a difference which resolution your running the screens in.

[oshta]

Unfortunately for you, but not for me as I am glad the 9600pro or higher can run at different reses... As I will be doing the exact same thing as you...

What does it run like?

It fine, the 15" montier is a bit cheap, and *slightly* interfers with the 19", but now enough to annoy me - but yeah, its nice, oprea on one moniter, and winamp on the other

- and i nice bit desktop right across the two

[Atomic]

Dual monitors you say?



That's how it sould be done

I did start out with 2x 17" CRTs at first tho, just upgraded it a bit!

[unrealrocks]

Yeah - the only way you can do it is to switch the video overlay off. The only program I've seen this feature on is winamp, it'll probably make your video jurky and not ideally watchable so I probably wouldn't bother.

In studios they use dual/tri head cards, this means there it can process information for each monitor seperately - not together.

Heh - Don't make me post another picture of my quad monitor setup (Although at the moment its only running 3 monitors).

[Applecrusher]

Uhh you cant do this with ATI cards i think...

Its becasue it uses 2 different drivers for the different monitors.. At least i think this is why.. I read it a while ago.. cant remember where, but i think Nvidia have only one driver, and thats why they do it..

[Atomic]

Yeah - the only way you can do it is to switch the video overlay off. The only program I've seen this feature on is winamp, it'll probably make your video jurky and not ideally watchable so I probably wouldn't bother.

Oh didnt know that was possible.

I've loaded a movie into an openGL window and stretched that across both windows but its so jerky on anything except a top-end card its not worth it.