Second Screen

[william burditt]

Roy,

I thought I had it the two screen working, but run into a glitch. I followed your instructions and the second screen appeared immediately, I clicked save and rebooted. The second singer screen was on display. I hit the play button, and I had a screen in the upper left corner, and I had a second screen. I thought I had it, but when I double clicked, the screen went away instead of going to full screen. Also, it reset the song in upper left to start over.

It is like the second screen is tied to the first screen. Double click deleted the second screen, and the song started over. The second screen vanished.

I am close, but no cigar.

Bill

[Roy Dennis]

It sounds like it is jumping over to a second monitor. Do you have an hdmi or other type video lead connected to any ports Or connected to a second monitor that is not turned on ?
When the second screen disappears try moving your mouse pointer over to the right and of the screen and double click while it's of the screen and see if the other screen pops back.

If you Right click on your desktop and select "Screen Resolution" Are you seeing 2 screens side by side numbered 1 & 2, if so you seem to be connected to another monitor.
Try pressing the Windows Key + P which should bring up a Dialog then select disconnect projector.

The Windows key is the key with the windows icon on it.

[billyo]

I had the same problem , i got it fixed , once you've done Roy's instructions you need to re-start either your desktop or Hoster,

[billyo]

I had the same problem , i got it fixed , once you've done Roy's instructions you need to re-start either your desktop or Hoster,i have a very old version of Hoster 4.22 so i don't know if the fix is the same on the latest version

[william burditt]

I shut down Hoster and rebooted. I could not get it to work. My son had hooked my computer to an old Karaoke machine and from there to a an old television. He used the karaoke machine for sound and the TV for video. I will check with him this weekend to see what he knows about it.

Should I not still have two screens on my desktop? I am of the opinion that my laptop will do that, but haven't tried it.

Bill

[Roy Dennis]

If you can't get it to disengage the second monitor via the windows key + P as I described before.
The other way is from the Screen resolution dialog where you see the 2 screens side by side 1 & 2, in the drop down box next to Multiple Displays select "Show desktop only on 1" then apply and OK.

[william burditt]

Now I have two screens on Hoster. However, my main screen on my computer is about half size. I used the option to show both screens together. I am going to have to get my regular computer screen back to full size. I tried double clicking on the top of the screen with no luck. Do you suppose I will need two setting, one for Hoster and one for computer, or is there a better way?.

Bill

[Roy Dennis]

You say "I used the option to show both screens together" I'm not familiar with that setting.

From windows Screen resolution settings dialog the only choices I see are:
Duplicate these displays, Extend these Displays (This is the normal choice), Display desktop only on 1, Show desktop only on 2.

If you use the Windows +P key I only see: Computer Only, Duplicate, Extend and Projector only.

Are you using one of these settings or some other ?

Whichever you choose you would need to use the "Reset Displays" button from Hosters options after making the changes.

You could try system restore to a time just before your son hooked up all the other equipment or to when you first installed version 5.10 see if that helps.