I have a macbook and I have an external monitor is there anyway I could play the DVD full screen on my external monitor? I don't want to mirror my displays because I need to be doing other things on my macbook monitor while the movie is playing.
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Playing DVD on external monitor?
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Sure. As far as I remember, just drag the movie's window to the screen you want it to play on, then select full screen mode. Should work fine.
If your MacBook's built-in screen is dimming itself when you go into fullscreen mode, there's a preference in DVD Player to turn that off.
If your MacBook's built-in screen is dimming itself when you go into fullscreen mode, there's a preference in DVD Player to turn that off.
You should just be able to drag DVD PLayer's window over to the second monitor, right click on it (or use the menu at the top) and choose full screen. I just today got a Macbook Pro and doing that works fine (other than it pauses for a couple of seconds when you drag it between monitors.
If you select full screen mode it should work. You'll just need to drag the movie to the monitor you want to view it on, that's all.
Edit: Beaten to it!
Edit: Beaten to it!
If you select full screen mode it should work. You'll just need to drag the movie to the monitor you want to view it on, that's all.
Edit: Beaten to it!
Happens to me constantly
I'm just glad I was actually able to answer a Mac question.