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Vlad Grodzinskiy replied on March 27, 2009 00:46 to the idea "Multiple (External) Monitor (esp. TV) Support" in boxee:

This definitely does not work on the Windows Alpha. I have to switch my TV to be the primary monitor and put the icon on that desktop before it considers it the primary screen and gives me the correct resolutions.

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Vlad Grodzinskiy replied on March 08, 2009 20:55 to the idea "Multiple (External) Monitor (esp. TV) Support" in boxee:

The other way to fix it would be a launcher application that fools XBMC to which monitor is primary. Here's a mock-up:

Vlad Grodzinskiy replied on March 08, 2009 20:52 to the problem "Fullscreen mode on second monitor" in boxee:

Yes, and this should be done before the actual launch of the application. Maybe the XMBC source doesn't need to get modified, but a launcher application should look and see what monitors you have and which ones Boxee should run on.

If you set it as default, it'll never pop up again, so the app. would be pretty seamless. It would have to just fool XMBC into thinking that the monitor you select is the primary one. Below is a mock-up of what I had in mind.

Vlad Grodzinskiy replied on March 08, 2009 19:11 to the idea "Multiple (External) Monitor (esp. TV) Support" in boxee:

This is an issue with the way XMBC reads resolutions. XMBC/Boxee initially copy over all the resolutions from your primary monitor. When I switch my primary monitor to my external display and run the application, everything works fine and I get the right resolution.

The way to fix this would be to allow custom resolutions. This can't be too hard!

Vlad Grodzinskiy replied on March 08, 2009 19:10 to the problem "Fullscreen mode on second monitor" in boxee:

This is an issue with the way XMBC reads resolutions. XMBC/Boxee initially copy over all the resolutions from your primary monitor. When I switch my primary monitor to my external display and run the application, everything works fine and I get the right resolution.

The way to fix this would be to allow custom resolutions. This can't be too hard!

Vlad Grodzinskiy started following the idea "Multiple (External) Monitor (esp. TV) Support" in boxee.

Vlad Grodzinskiy started following the problem "Fullscreen mode on second monitor" in boxee.