It installed with a Toolbar "Dealio" - but this one insists on installing and doesn't give you the option not to. OK, as soon as the install was finished, I uninstalled it. I'm not sure if its a problem (malware) or not (google search results), but I don't want it simply because I am forced to have it. Well OK, I want the free software, but there are other methods of supporting free software. I downloaded it from CNET - a site I have come to trust, but one which I will be treating with much greater caution that previously.
Here's why: Free FLV Converter (or was it Dealio) also installed a Browser Helper Object (BHO) called SearchSettings.dll and ApplicationUpdate.dll - which I can't find much on..I have Scotty keeping watch - nothing much gets past him. Prevention is better than cure, so when he barked, I did not allow the change, and began to investigate. The uninstalls seemed to remove the offending programs, but there will be a Spybot and Ad-Aware scan later - just to be certain.
Free FLV Converter itself is simple to use, here are some results for just one file. The source file size is 3237Kb:
| To Type | File Size (Kb) | Windows Media Player | VLC |
| avi | 6546 | Video OK, no sound | Video and sound OK |
| mp4 | 10336 | Video and sound OK | Video and sound OK |
| wmv | 6886 | Video OK, no sound | Video and sound OK |
I have Windows Vista with all the latest updates from Microsoft.
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You may already know this, but VLC can be used quite well on dual screens on Windows, just a bit fiddly to set up.
Tools->Preferences.
Select: Show settings "All", bottom left.
In Video section:
Tick Fullscreen video output
Untick Embedded video.
Expand the video section tree, and go to Output modules. and choose output module DirectX.
Expand the Output modules, and in the Direct X section "Name of desired display device" choose DISPLAY2.
You'll need to then save the preferences and exit and restart VLC again to pick up the changes.
The controls will now be on the main screen, and the video should* display on the second full screen.
It even has Filter which allows the output to be "clone"d to both displays, but this is even more fiddly to setup.
*For some reason it didn't work on one PC I tried it on, but had no probs everywhere else.
Thanks for the information, I'll give it a try
The instructions for VLC on an external screen work. Well, sort of.
The fullscreen option only appears on 'Simple', and is not saved!
However, The separate window I now get can be moved to the external screen and maximised. Then I'm just left with the windows title bar - it'll do for now.
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