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Blu-ray on 2nd monitor

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TheGreySpectre

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On my main rig I run 3 monitors (Dell 3008WFP, LG E2241 and an Acer 19" something). These are connected to video cards (an AMD 6870 and a ATI 3650). My usual setup is the 3008WFP is my main display and connected the the 6870 and the other two are connected to the 3650.

The Issue I am having is that I can only play Blu-rays on the screen designated in Windows as my main display. Doesn't matter which screen I try and play it on it will play if is the main display and will not (black screen inside player) if it is display 2 or display 3. DVDs play just fine on the 2nd and 3rd displays.

What do I need to change so that I can play blu-rays on my second monitor.


System Details
Blu-ray/DVD player: PowerDVD 10
Blu-ray drive: Plextor PX-B320SA
Windows 7 Professional X64
2.5 Quad core AMD
6gigs of ram

I posted this to HTPC as I figured you guys have experiance with blu-rays


edit: Solved- the issue seems to be in PowerDVD. I switched to MP-HC and it works just fine.
 
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I have mine set up pretty simple actually.

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I use PowerDVD10 to play the BlueRay's and just use the desktop as "Expanded" (press
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+ P) I then set PowerDVD to use the HDMI audio so I have separate audio also. You will need to drag the PowerDVD window or what ever you use to the screen you want and then maximize it though.
 
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