Maybe a bug: no video in second display

[jmann]

When I drag the placeshifter window from my primary display to the secondary display, the video goes black. The On-screen display still works. Anyone else have this problem?

[eobiont]

I don't know if this is correct. It is just a guess.

Placeshifter uses Overlay mode to display the video. Overlay mode can only work on one display device at a time.

This may be dependent on your video hardware, or it may be true for all video cards running in overlay mode.

[Opus4]

Perhaps check for an updated video card driver. PS does use overlay for playback, but I am able to drag the PS window from one monitor to the other & the video will still work within the PS window after the window gets moved to the next monitor.

- Andy

[Molon Labe]

It was because I was using "Overlay". Change it to default.

[pitir]

Forgive my confusion (I'm new here), but I don't know what "Overlay" mode is or where to find it. Is it a setting in Sage, or on my Mac?

[Opus4]

Originally Posted by Molon Labe

It was because I was using "Overlay". Change it to default.

This topic is about the Placeshifter client, which does not have a choice for the video renderer -- on a Windows PC, it only uses overlay.

Originally Posted by pitir

Forgive my confusion (I'm new here), but I don't know what "Overlay" mode is or where to find it. Is it a setting in Sage, or on my Mac?

The Mac Placeshifter uses OpenGL instead of overlay, so it works a bit differently than on a Windows PC. I'll move your other post to a separate thread so it has its own topic.

- Andy