on 7/25/03 4:42 PM, Mike Barnes at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Peter Nacken wrote: >> Running a 1 ghz TiBook (10.2.6) connected to a second display .... Now .. I >> can move pretty much everything from one screen to the other .. The only >> thing that sticks to the TiBooks screen is the DVD player window .. And that >> sucks .. > > Yes. It sucks. A lot. I'm sure it could be easily dragged from one > desktop to the other easily in an earlier version of OS X, but it can't > in 10.2. > > There's a workaround. The DVD player window is attached to your > "primary" desktop - not just the built in LCD. If you go to the Monitors > section in System Prefs and drag the menu bar icon across to your > external display, then the DVD player window will open on that screen > when you launch it.
Good one .. Just don;t try that with DVD player on :) ... I am just getting that message "The application does not support switching the main video device while it is running :)" But It did not even occur to me before that I could do that > The other course of action is to try using VLC > (http://videolan.org/vlc/) for DVD playback which has quite a lot of > options for which display you're using. I've found its DVD playback to > be a bit unreliable at times, but it's usable enough in a pinch. > Hmm .. Have not tried VLC for DVD playback yet (for pretty much else though) ... Another good idea .. Thanks P -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
