Best two monitor setup? Check post #6

[Ssayer]

Probable brain fart going on here. I've decided to change my monitor setup and have BI extend to both displays. The problem I'm having is that I simply cannot find where to NOT show video clips in full screen (which is now across two screens). At one time, it'd be a matter of going into Settings/Video and then uncheck the box for "video clips in full screen". There is no longer a Video area under Settings and I can't for the life of me find where that parameter gets set. Would somebody please set me straight?

 

[Ssayer]

I still haven't found anything. It sure would be nice to have the clip played on a single monitor without having to change the BI setup down to single monitor in order to do so. I'll be sending this to Ken to see what I'm missing (if anything.

Single monitor and then with clip:

Dual monitors and then with clip:

 

[samplenhold]

I have no idea on how to get it the way you want it, but I have a different idea:

Keep BI on one screen. Then run UI3 on the other screen? Then when you open up a video, it stays on one screen.

 

[Ssayer]

Yep, the only thing is... stretching it to two monitors makes all the cams larger (which was the whole idea for me).

 

[Mike A.]

Can you move the window and does it remember the window position? i.e., Can you move it to one of the screens. Close it. Have it come up where you left it?

Edit: Ahhh... never mind. It's 'full screen' and not windowed.

 

[Ssayer]

Thanks to Ken! While this would also work for a single monitor system, I just don't see the reason. So, I'm going to embellish Ken's instructions for us people using two monitors...

1. Don't stretch Blue Iris to two monitors, you'll hate playing clips (try it...)
2. Open Blue Iris full screen in one monitor (Personal preference here, but I prefer the right one)
3. Select the group you want from the top menu (All cameras or whatever. I have a "Home" group that I prefer)
4. Select Edit layout from the top menu
5. Drag a camera that you want over to your 2nd monitor
6. Drag all the other cameras that you want on your 2nd monitor ON TO that first camera. A frame will appear around that group of cameras
7. Drag the cameras in that group into whatever order suits you
8. Deselect Edit layout
9. Maximize that frame (it will only fill your 2nd monitor's screen)

Now you ask, what does that do for me...
1. All clips from any camera play ONLY in the 1st monitor
2. Clicking on a camera in the 1st monitor works just like it always has
3. Double clicking a camera in the 2nd opens that camera full screen in ONLY the 2nd monitor

I hope this is clear...

 

[Ssayer]

I'll update my previous post as necessary to insure it's clear...

And I'm up to 5 clarifications already...