Sending a specific application output to a specific video card head

[Colin Law]

On 28 July 2011 17:29, Steve Flynn <anothermindbomb at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> My Linux box is running Ubunt Natty. I have an nVidia 8400GS video card
>> with a dual (DVI and D-Sub) head.
>> I'd like to connect the D-Sub head to my LCD TV and run specific
>> applications on it - like movies or presentations etc.
>> How do I tell the movie player to run on the other head?
>
> Fire up the player - drag the window to the secondary monitor.

Many apps remember the previous position and will re-open on the same
monitor last used (if possible).  Mplayer does this for example.

Colin