Playing videos in external monitor

[Mario Vukelic]

On Sun, 2006-10-01 at 20:33 +0200, Juan Casanova Rodriguez wrote:
> When I use the Xv output the video is
> played on the laptop screen, not in the external one.
> 
> I want to play movies in my 20" screen, so how can I do that?
> 
> I have been googling a lot without find answers.

Add this to your "Device" section in /etc/X11/xorg.conf:

# === Video Overlay for the Xv extension ===
    Option "VideoOverlay"               "on"
# Xvideo on external screen
    Option "OverlayOnCRTC2"
# === OpenGL Overlay ===
# Note: When OpenGL Overlay is enabled, Video Overlay
#       will be disabled automatically
    Option "OpenGLOverlay"              "off"

Note that Xv output will then be only and always to the external screen.
I have found no way to conveniently turn it on or off. Possibly
fglrx-control can set this up for you too, I can't remember.

Btw, I use the free "ati" driver and it shows Xv on both the internal
and external screen simultaneously without any setup work at all.