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Old 27-12-2016, 11:19
David_87
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Hi all,

I've recently purchased a "HP Pavilion Full HD 15.6" Laptop with the latest Intel® Core™ i7 Processor" with Windows 10

(full spec: http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computi...51793-pdt.html)

Annoyingly, when I connect my laptop to my TV via HDMI and I open a video file (MP4, WMV, AVI etc...) in either VLC media player or Windows media player, the video will open on my laptop screen, rather than on my TV screen (second display).

I've already tried opening the video, resizing it on my TV, closing it and re-opening, this works temporarily, but if I close the video when in full screen, I'm back to square one.

This is annoying as I don't want to continuously open videos and drag them across to my TV screen. I just want them to open automatically on my TV screen as they did on my previous laptop.

Any suggestions?
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Old 27-12-2016, 12:36
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Easy way is to press Windows key (on keyboard) and P and select Duplicate from the sidebar which pops up.

However if you want both displays separate you may be able to tweak settings if you right click on Intel HD Graphics (or words to that effect) icon in your task bar and select Graphics Properties.
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Old 27-12-2016, 13:07
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Easy way is to press Windows key (on keyboard) and P and select Duplicate from the sidebar which pops up.

However if you want both displays separate you may be able to tweak settings if you right click on Intel HD Graphics (or words to that effect) icon in your task bar and select Graphics Properties.
Thanks for taking the time to reply!

I would like an extended display rather than a duplicate.

I messed around with the display settings for my Intel HD graphics but still haven't solved the issue
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Old 27-12-2016, 13:13
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You could try making the external display the primary? But some laptops don't allow that.

See http://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/u...000005580.html
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Old 27-12-2016, 17:56
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You could try making the external display the primary? But some laptops don't allow that.

See http://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/u...000005580.html
Thanks again.

I've tried that but I prefer to leave my laptop screen as the main display as it's the closest screen to me.

There has to be a way to make video files open on your second display.
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Old 27-12-2016, 18:04
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Windows + shift + Left arrow (or right arrow) is a quick fix.
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Old 27-12-2016, 18:20
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Windows + shift + Left arrow (or right arrow) is a quick fix.
That's a great temporary measure, thanks for that one!
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Old 28-12-2016, 11:25
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You need to get it all going then dig into vlc settings
Tools | Preferences | Video
Then under Display Device, you need to select the tv from the drop down \\DISPLAY n
Also, the Output drop down should be Direct X

Can't find an up todate screen shot, but this is near enough
http://superuser.com/questions/87436...tor-on-windows

I have only done this on W8.1 though.
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