Win HOW-TO start XBMC in fullscreen on secondary monitor with custom resolution
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I've spent the last day trying to get this to work.. I got everything working.. EXCEPT that there appears to be dropped frames or perhaps a vsync bug.. because although I can get the program to launch on my secondary screen and I can change the resolution in the settings to 1080i 30hz, which is what my tv does... but it doesn't give me the option for 1920x1080 fullscreen. the framerate just isn't smooth.. it's not dropping frames when I hit O to check.. it's like it's not synced up to the refresh rate.. it's a very subtle effect.. it goes away when I change my secondary monitor to primary and run xbmc on it.. I have the same problem with boxee.. I guess my next step is to find a way to make a hot key to switch primary between my two displays

since I can't get this to work I've found a semi-workaround.. if you edit the ultramon shortcut for xbmc and go to the display tab, then set the secondary display to primary and leave "restore settings after application exits" checked.. you can automatically have your secondary display set to primary while xbmc runs.. and I put "C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC\XBMC.exe" -fs in the shortcut.. so it works.. and my dinovo mini runs the shortcut when I hit a hotkey.. so it's pretty painless.. although not as good as not having to set my secondary to primary
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-o - by rnwb - 2009-01-30, 04:28
RE: -o - by Empomi - 2012-11-13, 12:36
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-01-30, 11:24
[No subject] - by aussieburger - 2009-02-01, 12:47
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-02-01, 17:56
[No subject] - by Hasselstrom - 2009-02-12, 21:26
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-02-13, 10:34
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[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-02-13, 13:19
[No subject] - by Hasselstrom - 2009-02-13, 17:55
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-02-14, 14:13
[No subject] - by curtis-r - 2009-02-14, 19:26
SOLVED - kind of - by curtis-r - 2009-02-15, 00:50
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-02-15, 11:49
[No subject] - by curtis-r - 2009-02-16, 06:35
[No subject] - by Hasselstrom - 2009-02-23, 23:39
[No subject] - by PJ_Hooker - 2009-02-25, 23:23
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-03-10, 10:10
[No subject] - by logicalinsanity - 2009-03-14, 07:12
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-03-14, 11:22
[No subject] - by logicalinsanity - 2009-03-14, 17:25
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-03-15, 13:01
[No subject] - by gstreet - 2009-03-30, 14:25
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-03-31, 13:36
[No subject] - by Montellese - 2009-03-31, 22:11
[No subject] - by gstreet - 2009-04-01, 10:36
[No subject] - by Montellese - 2009-04-01, 19:08
[No subject] - by gstreet - 2009-04-01, 22:58
[No subject] - by Montellese - 2009-04-02, 08:47
[No subject] - by gstreet - 2009-04-02, 11:36
[No subject] - by Montellese - 2009-04-02, 12:02
[No subject] - by Montellese - 2009-04-02, 18:34
[No subject] - by Inaudible-Whisp - 2009-04-07, 20:53
[No subject] - by phoenx97 - 2009-04-08, 12:05
[No subject] - by uncola - 2009-04-09, 08:35
[No subject] - by linesma - 2009-04-12, 01:47
[No subject] - by deviat - 2009-04-14, 22:27
[No subject] - by curtis-r - 2009-04-14, 23:01
[No subject] - by gstreet - 2009-04-14, 23:44
[No subject] - by curtis-r - 2009-04-14, 23:47
[No subject] - by kakihara1 - 2009-04-15, 15:29
[No subject] - by gstreet - 2009-04-18, 16:50
[No subject] - by febox-pootz - 2009-04-24, 03:58
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-04-25, 10:50
[No subject] - by nmt1978 - 2009-05-09, 16:41
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-05-09, 17:44
[No subject] - by nmt1978 - 2009-05-09, 18:48
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-05-09, 20:54
[No subject] - by nmt1978 - 2009-05-10, 09:13
[No subject] - by cloverfield - 2009-05-13, 11:51
[No subject] - by spartacus51 - 2009-06-03, 06:35
[No subject] - by pettergulbra - 2009-06-12, 18:22
[No subject] - by spartacus51 - 2009-06-15, 23:36
[No subject] - by coreythemaggot - 2009-06-29, 19:55
Lag on Second monitor - by Homerjr43 - 2009-07-03, 16:29
[No subject] - by mason - 2009-07-07, 14:22
[No subject] - by billybanana - 2009-07-08, 14:16
[No subject] - by coreythemaggot - 2009-07-09, 18:29
[No subject] - by coreythemaggot - 2009-07-16, 19:57
[No subject] - by cmbx - 2009-08-04, 05:45
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-08-06, 21:04
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-08-06, 21:17
[No subject] - by coreythemaggot - 2009-08-09, 09:54
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-08-09, 17:11
[No subject] - by surge - 2009-08-13, 02:04
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-08-13, 08:53
[No subject] - by ghostnelson - 2009-08-20, 15:44
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-08-20, 20:22
[No subject] - by BigBlack - 2009-09-03, 04:12
[No subject] - by Rappakalja - 2009-09-13, 00:26
[No subject] - by lonchaney - 2009-09-28, 20:43
[No subject] - by OlafBerserker77 - 2009-10-13, 14:39
[No subject] - by lonchaney - 2009-10-17, 23:29
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-10-18, 09:19
[No subject] - by ettore1969 - 2009-10-18, 18:00
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-10-18, 20:56
[No subject] - by ettore1969 - 2009-10-19, 15:30
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2009-10-20, 09:12
[No subject] - by Halibutt - 2009-11-10, 22:24
[No subject] - by Trench - 2009-11-15, 22:28
[No subject] - by Halibutt - 2009-11-16, 04:36
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[No subject] - by Trench - 2009-11-16, 19:46
[No subject] - by Halibutt - 2009-11-19, 18:55
[No subject] - by Trench - 2009-11-20, 12:03
[No subject] - by Joana10 - 2009-12-21, 11:27
Can't get this to work... - by Ricardocervera - 2010-01-06, 22:04
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2010-01-07, 09:58
[No subject] - by Dotan - 2010-01-13, 16:05
[No subject] - by Dotan - 2010-01-15, 11:03
[No subject] - by Dotan - 2010-01-26, 23:36
[No subject] - by ubuntuf4n - 2010-02-02, 20:58
[No subject] - by seba74 - 2010-05-21, 02:23
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2010-05-21, 09:17
[No subject] - by soldave - 2010-05-26, 15:24
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2010-05-26, 16:13
[No subject] - by CrystalP - 2010-06-14, 08:14
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2010-06-14, 09:17
[No subject] - by evlo - 2010-12-24, 23:59
very strange - by helicobacter - 2011-10-31, 21:29
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2011-10-31, 23:16
[No subject] - by helicobacter - 2011-11-01, 08:46
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2011-11-01, 11:44
[No subject] - by helicobacter - 2011-11-01, 12:21
[No subject] - by Blackkatt - 2011-11-01, 12:40
[No subject] - by dmitrixx - 2011-12-18, 17:14
[No subject] - by Stealth1 - 2012-01-09, 06:15
RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-T - by webtax - 2013-04-17, 04:33
help me - by tezz99 - 2013-04-22, 00:47
RE: help me - by Blackkatt - 2013-04-22, 08:29
RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-TO - by tdhz77 - 2013-04-24, 09:09
RE: [WINDOWS] HOW-TO - by Blackkatt - 2013-04-24, 09:25
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