Show Desktop and video playback show only black on the second screen.

matj1

When I play a video in OpenLP live on the second screen, it shows just black. Sound works, but picture doesn't. When I play it in preview, it works. When I play it live on the first screen (with all other screens disconnected), it works.

When I click “Show Desktop” on the live panel, it shows only black on the second screen.

When I am in screens settings and click “Identify Screens”, it does not show the label on the second screen, but the screen works well for showing lyrics and images.

What is wrong, and how do I fix it?

I use OpenLP 3.0.2 on Windows 10 on a laptop with Ryzen 5500U. The video plays well in other programs including VLC.

Jamie Hockin

Show Desktop on the second screen means you do not want to see anything there from OpenLP. You only see what is on the extended screen already. I don't know how Identify Screens works if you have selected Show Desktop.
We never have a problem showing videos. You don't do anything different with the screen. If you can see a hymn and then go to the video, it should be there.

revncele

I have a similar problem in Windows 11 with OpenLP 3.0 thru 3.1 RC4. It shows up when I am running the program and the presentation on my AMD onboard GPU. If I have the program on my NVIDIA GPU and present on the AMD (or reverse), then all is well, except for a small black square that starts just before the video.

It might be the way the Windows reports the GPUs to OpenLP. It does not happen on our systems that have but one GPU.

Fred