nView Display Mode is greyed out when using Windows Media Player?

Is it normal for Windows Media Player, with a video file (e.g., MPEG-2,
WMV, etc.) loaded (doesn't have to be playing), to disable nView Display
Mode? I am using NVIDIA v81.98, XFX GeForce 6800 (AGP; 128 MB), and
Windows XP Pro. SP2 (all updates).

The reason why I ask is I like to enable/disable secondary display (TV)
to watch videos. It is a pain in the butt to stop playing recorded
videos, enable secondary output, and then reload the file. Even worse
for time shifting feature in another software (DVBviewer).

Thank you in advance.
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On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 01:36:53 -0600,
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Is it normal for Windows Media Player, with a video file (e.g., MPEG-2,
WMV, etc.) loaded (doesn't have to be playing), to disable nView Display
Mode? I am using NVIDIA v81.98, XFX GeForce 6800 (AGP; 128 MB), and
Windows XP Pro. SP2 (all updates).

The reason why I ask is I like to enable/disable secondary display (TV)
to watch videos. It is a pain in the butt to stop playing recorded
videos, enable secondary output, and then reload the file. Even worse
for time shifting feature in another software (DVBviewer).

Thank you in advance.

mine does same thing, crappy drivers
or hardware limitation. ati cards
dont have this problem, and can
actually have all 3 displays going
at once. i would suggest dumping
your nvidia card and getting an ati,
thats what i am going to do.

Is it normal for Windows Media Player, with a video file (e.g., MPEG-2,
WMV, etc.) loaded (doesn't have to be playing), to disable nView Display
Mode? I am using NVIDIA v81.98, XFX GeForce 6800 (AGP; 128 MB), and
Windows XP Pro. SP2 (all updates).

The reason why I ask is I like to enable/disable secondary display (TV)
to watch videos. It is a pain in the butt to stop playing recorded
videos, enable secondary output, and then reload the file. Even worse
for time shifting feature in another software (DVBviewer).

Thank you in advance.

mine does same thing, crappy drivers
or hardware limitation. ati cards
dont have this problem, and can
actually have all 3 displays going
at once. i would suggest dumping
your nvidia card and getting an ati,
thats what i am going to do.

Funny, I got my NVIDIA 6800 card from ATI Radeon 9800 AIW card because of
its buggy driver and software. Ugh!

So, there is no hack, addons, or anything to do this?
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On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:51:47 -0600,
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Funny, I got my NVIDIA 6800 card from ATI Radeon 9800 AIW card because of
its buggy driver and software. Ugh!

So, there is no hack, addons, or anything to do this?

both brands have their problems, but
if using multiple displays with one
card, ati is the clear choice.

bigspud wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:51:47 -0600,
wrote:

[18 quoted lines suppressed]

Funny, I got my NVIDIA 6800 card from ATI Radeon 9800 AIW card because of
its buggy driver and software. Ugh!

So, there is no hack, addons, or anything to do this?

both brands have their problems, but
if using multiple displays with one
card, ati is the clear choice.

Yeah, it seems NVIDIA is better for me because: 1) better Linux support,
and 2) NVIDIA software seems to have less problems compared to ATI to my
experience.
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I noticed QuickTime Player does this too.

wrote:
Is it normal for Windows Media Player, with a video file (e.g., MPEG-2,
WMV, etc.) loaded (doesn't have to be playing), to disable nView Display
Mode? I am using NVIDIA v81.98, XFX GeForce 6800 (AGP; 128 MB), and
Windows XP Pro. SP2 (all updates).

The reason why I ask is I like to enable/disable secondary display (TV)
to watch videos. It is a pain in the butt to stop playing recorded
videos, enable secondary output, and then reload the file. Even worse
for time shifting feature in another software (DVBviewer).

Thank you in advance.
--
"Ever watch ants just crawling around? They walk in that single straight line, a long, a long, long mile of ants. Sometimes they will walk over and pick up their dead friends and carry those around. I'm pretty sure it's because they can get in the carpool lane and pass up that line." --Ellen DeGeneres
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wrote:
Is it normal for Windows Media Player, with a video file (e.g., MPEG-2,
WMV, etc.) loaded (doesn't have to be playing), to disable nView Display
Mode? I am using NVIDIA v81.98, XFX GeForce 6800 (AGP; 128 MB), and
Windows XP Pro. SP2 (all updates).

The reason why I ask is I like to enable/disable secondary display (TV)
to watch videos. It is a pain in the butt to stop playing recorded
videos, enable secondary output, and then reload the file. Even worse
for time shifting feature in another software (DVBviewer).

Thank you in advance.

I'm guessing that changing the secondary display mode has an effect on
the video overlay which would stomp on it if changed while it was
active, so it doesn't let you change those settings while a video
overlay is running.

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