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Having multiple vlc windows open5/18/2023 ![]() ![]() Google gave me a few threads with a similar freeze/hang problem, but none of them reported using Windows 10 and triggering the problem by moving the fullscreen window. Which mean it can happen during regular use and not only when intentionally trying to reproduce the problem. ![]() But I do want to be able to move windows with the keyboard shortcut built into Windows 10 and like I said for some videos the freeze/hanging can happen quickly, after only one or two uses of the shortcut. I of course don't switch the window back and forth a lot of times just for fun. With other video files it you may need to move the window back and forth more before the bug happens.Ĭan anyone else with Windows 10 and two screens reproduce this problem? With that file the freeze/hang happened very quickly. webm video originally from Youtube but downloaded to my PC. The only way out is to power off the PC and start it again. The mouse can move around on the other screen but clicking the buttons has no effect. Not even special Windows key combinations like Ctrl Alt Delete work. However you can use File -> Open from multiple separate open vlc instances and thereby play multiple files. Alternate the shortcut quickly a few times (left, right, left. you need to have at least two screens connected to the computer- play a video file in VLC and make it fullscreen- use the built in Windows hotkeys "Win Shift Left/Right" to move the fullscreen window between the screens. To reproduce the problem (save/close all other applications before you try this!) I haven't tried putting the second monitor above or below - presumably only one of those will work.VLC freezes/hangs Windows 10 so hard that powering off the PC is the only way to get out of it. With it on the left, VLC seems to treat a negative window position as "use defaults". It only works with the second output on the right.You can't have the non-fullscreen video on the first screen to preview/cue it up before you start
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