{"id":1362,"date":"2009-03-10T03:04:33","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T08:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2009-03-10T03:04:33","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T08:04:33","slug":"getting-vlc-to-display-full-screen-video-on-the-secondaryexternal-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2009\/03\/10\/getting-vlc-to-display-full-screen-video-on-the-secondaryexternal-monitor","title":{"rendered":"Getting VLC to display full screen video on the secondary\/external monitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I <a href=\"http:\/\/bytebot.posterous.com\/look-what-arrived-during-lunch\">acquired<\/a> a Dell <a href=\"http:\/\/accessories.us.dell.com\/sna\/products\/Monitors\/productdetail.aspx?c=us&#038;l=en&#038;cs=19&#038;sku=320-7345\">S2409W<\/a> 24&#8243; full HD LCD monitor. Its been a while since I&#8217;ve connected external displays to my laptop (on Linux, they are <i>fun<\/i> to work with), so today, I thought as one of the tests, I should see how VLC performed, on the 24&#8243; monitor.<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/byte\/3343688782\/\" title=\"VLC dual screens by byte, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3664\/3343688782_d01fe207cd_m.jpg?resize=240%2C194\" width=\"240\" height=\"194\" alt=\"VLC dual screens\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nVideo -> Video Device<br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>But then, how does one get VLC to display on the secondary monitor at full screen? My repeated attempts were getting me to only see it on my main 13&#8243; display. A little prodding brought me to the <b>Video -> Video Device<\/b> menu option. There, you can choose either Screen 1 (your LCD panel on the laptop) or Screen 2 (the external monitor). Immediate win!<\/p>\n<p>Just wish this was automatic (ala, the Mac way), or a little more obvious. <\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Getting%20VLC%20to%20display%20full%20screen%20video%20on%20the%20secondary%2Fexternal%20monitor&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F10%2Fgetting-vlc-to-display-full-screen-video-on-the-secondaryexternal-monitor&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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Its been a while since I&#8217;ve connected external displays to my laptop (on Linux, they are fun to work with), so today, I thought as one of the tests, I should see how VLC performed, on the 24&#8243; monitor. 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