Playing a DVD and a game simultaneously. How can I get this to work?

[Pilsnerpete]

I just got the dual monitors set up, but I noticed something right away. It won't let me play a dvd on one monitor and play a game on the other! I can hear movie audio, but the video turns off as soon as the game loads onto the other screen. Isn't there any demand for features like this? So I'm curious...is there a setting in nview to enable 2 fullscreen events at the same time?

I'm using a nVidia ti4400 with 45.23 drivers. Media Player Classic is the dvd software. I realize this is the Doom 3 troubleshooting/benchmark/complaint center now, but please, if you have this working in any configuration (Powerdvd, different card, etc.), chime in!!

 

[rbV5]

You can do it if you use VMR9 renderer on the secondary display. Turn off the overlays in your DVD software player and you should be good.

 

[Pilsnerpete]

What player are you using rbV5?

This works with ATi cards...doesn't it, Mr. Beta Tester? I wonder if it would help to go to a newer driver...?

*Just saw you have a 6800...it works with that? I'll be installing the latest drivers then.

 

[rbV5]

You know, I think I gave you some bad advice . I don't think its going to work since your ti4400 doesn't support the DX9 surfaces in hardware which I believe would be required to use VMR9. Since the overlay will only play on the Primary display (which, of course you'll want for accelerated graphics for the game) I think you're out of luck.

Yes, I was able to do exactly that using my 6800...I don't think it will work with your ti4400 though...

 

[Pilsnerpete]

It almost starts to work...then MPC crashes. I think I'll update one of my partitions to 9c with the latest drivers and THEN buy the 6800:shocked: Nah, not just yet for me. I could build 2 or 3 dvd playing monsters for the price of one of those!! Thanks for your help, brotha!

 

[Falloutboy]

I used to do this alot but I had to have seperate videocards to do it without killing performance. try getting a cheapy Matrox PCI card to run your second display

 

[Pilsnerpete]

Hey, I got it to work, rbV!!! After I installed dx9c and the latest nVid's, I messed around with some player settings. It'll play in vmr9 mode and look really good; however, I get better framerates in America's Army in overlay mode. Thanks for the tip, man!

I think I might have to slap an old ATi card in there and see how much it improves. Right now it's in my server, and the only OTHER pci backup is some crusty Trident fossile. Then again, if I could manage the server by my desktop somehow....

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: Pilsnerpete
Hey, I got it to work, rbV!!! After I installed dx9c and the latest nVid's, I messed around with some player settings. It'll play in vmr9 mode and look really good; however, I get better framerates in America's Army in overlay mode. Thanks for the tip, man!

I think I might have to slap an old ATi card in there and see how much it improves. Right now it's in my server, and the only OTHER pci backup is some crusty Trident fossile. Then again, if I could manage the server by my desktop somehow....

Hey, thats great! Nice to know, I couldn't test it myself because my ti4200 is only single head and no TV out.

 

[ShawnD1]

Another method of making it work is making the game run in a window. For Quake based games, you just add -window to the game's startup line.