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Title: Video Playback
Post by: dcubox1 on March 23, 2010, 07:16:52 pm
Forgive me if this has already been asked but I couldnt find anything when searching!

I have a projector hooked up to my hybrid on the VGA port.
LMCE is set to display on the DVI port and works fine.

However When I wan to watch movies I want to use my projector!
Should I change my nvidia settings to not use twinview and have both displays the same!!

P.S. How the hell do I turn off subtitles!!

Thanks again for the excellent help
Title: Re: Video Playback
Post by: pw44 on March 23, 2010, 08:00:18 pm
Regarding subtitles:
1) are they separate files or embeeded?
2) which kind of video files? (.mkv, .avi, .mpeg)
Title: Re: Video Playback
Post by: jimbodude on March 23, 2010, 09:28:30 pm
LinuxMCE does not currently have any built-in support for multiple displays.  You must have a separate MD for each display.
Title: Re: Video Playback
Post by: dcubox1 on March 23, 2010, 11:06:32 pm
Quote from: pw44 on March 23, 2010, 08:00:18 pm
Regarding subtitles:
1) are they separate files or embeeded?
2) which kind of video files? (.mkv, .avi, .mpeg)

Embedded and the file type is .mkv (renamed as .m2ts)
Title: Re: Video Playback
Post by: purps on March 24, 2010, 11:03:37 am
Quote from: jimbodude on March 23, 2010, 09:28:30 pm
LinuxMCE does not currently have any built-in support for multiple displays.  You must have a separate MD for each display.
Is there not some way he could clone the display? Essentially have the video output on both the monitor and projector at the same time?
Title: Re: Video Playback
Post by: totallymaxed on March 24, 2010, 12:05:17 pm
Quote from: purps on March 24, 2010, 11:03:37 am
Quote from: jimbodude on March 23, 2010, 09:28:30 pm
LinuxMCE does not currently have any built-in support for multiple displays.  You must have a separate MD for each display.
Is there not some way he could clone the display? Essentially have the video output on both the monitor and projector at the same time?

The simplest way would be to use a video splitter on the MD's output and use the same connector type & resolution on both the normal TV display and the projector. Then use rs232 or IR to power off/on the display that is not in use when appropriate.

All the best


Andrew
Title: Re: Video Playback
Post by: dcubox1 on March 24, 2010, 12:45:56 pm
Just ordered a splitter, seems the easiest way to deal with dual monitors not being supported!!

Thanks for all the suggestions
Title: Re: Video Playback
Post by: dcubox1 on April 27, 2010, 12:19:57 am
Im bumping this topic as I still have never found a solution to the subtitles!!
I dont see any option to hide the subtitles?

Thanks for the posts, my splitter is due tomorrow so ill hopefully have dual display from my hybrid!
Title: Re: Video Playback
Post by: jamesh on October 13, 2011, 06:15:29 am
Quote from: dcubox1 on April 27, 2010, 12:19:57 am
Im bumping this topic as I still have never found a solution to the subtitles!!
I dont see any option to hide the subtitles?

I'm having this same problem though I'm leaving my MKV named .mkv so Xine is playing it. I've set gui.subtitle_autoload:0 in both /etc/pluto/xine.conf and /root/.xine/config. Anything else I should check?