2012-11-22, 22:59
I have been trying to work thru this issue. When I have my HTPC connected to my receiver, XBMC running in true fullscreen will jump to screen one when the receiver is off. When the HTPC is connected directly to the TV, the computer can still see the TV, even when the TV is off, so things are ok. I have had trouble with XBMC losing focus so I installed the XBMC Launcher, which will put XNMC back in focus, but does not appear to send it back to the tv (secondary monitor), if it is sent to the first. If I knew how to write code, this could probably be done.
I have some new equipment on the way which will require connecting the HTPC to my receiver. I have set XBMC to "use a full screen window rather than true full screen" under system/settings/video output. In this mode XBMC does not minimize if I open another program on my primary display. I am hopeful that if the secondary display is not seen by the computer, then XBMC will not kick over to the primary, with this setting. I'll have to test this in the next few days and will report back.
The other option is to use windowed mode, which will keep XBMC on the display that it was opened on, but then you will have the window bar at the top.
I have some new equipment on the way which will require connecting the HTPC to my receiver. I have set XBMC to "use a full screen window rather than true full screen" under system/settings/video output. In this mode XBMC does not minimize if I open another program on my primary display. I am hopeful that if the secondary display is not seen by the computer, then XBMC will not kick over to the primary, with this setting. I'll have to test this in the next few days and will report back.
The other option is to use windowed mode, which will keep XBMC on the display that it was opened on, but then you will have the window bar at the top.