Fullscreen on 2nd Display

[viets7ylez]

I have my macbook pro hooked up to a an external and I am wondering whether or not I can fullscreen a movie on the external and leave the macbook screen active so I can continue to do work.

As of right now, if I fullscreen the movie, the display on the macbook goes dark.

TIA

 

[4np]

You can select it in VLC's preferences or menu bar (Fullscreen Video Device). Mine is greyed out and shows only 1 screen as I don't have an external display hooked up at the moment, but as soon as you do you will see a second video device.

 

[viets7ylez]

Thanks for the quick response, changing that to the external and unchecking "black out screen" worked!

 

[4np]

enjoy the movie

 

[DoFoT9]

Thanks for the quick response, changing that to the external and unchecking "black out screen" worked!

question: does VLC still play in fullscreen mode when its not the selected app? i know that QT will not stay in full screen... that annoys me.