Best way to watch video on the secondary monitor

maxoku

Is there a way to watch a video on the secondary monitor?

The only thing I can do right now is to un-maximized window, drag it to the second monitor and put it on full screen. Then after that disable full screen, drag it back and maximize again. Chrome at least allows to do that without un-maximazing the window by dragging the tab.

I can open two tabs and send one to the second monitor, but I don't want to have two separate windows opened. If I forgot that I have a second window and close the first one, it replaces my pinned taskbar icon.

I was thinking about using the picture in picture feature, but it doesn't allow to switch it to full screen, so it won't help me.

Anyone has a better idea?

Pesala

@maxoku If the window is maximised you can just drag the tab to the other monitor and play the video in fullscreen mode (you can also maximise the window first, but you do not need to).

Just exit fullscreen after watching the video and close the window.

Picture-in-Picture is another method. Although it cannot play in fullscreen, it can be resized to take up most of the secondary monitor.

maxoku

@pesala said in Best way to watch video on the secondary monitor:

@maxoku If the window is maximised you can just drag the tab to the other monitor

It doesn't work that in Vivaldi, at least for me. Maybe I have something in my settings? Do you know what setting can prevent that?

Just exit fullscreen after watching the video and close the window.

But it sometimes remember to be in the secondary monitor next time to start and if I don't have the second monitor plugged at the moment it's unaccusable then.

Picture-in-Picture is another method. Although it cannot play in fullscreen, it can be resized to take up most of the secondary monitor.

Waterfox allows it by double click on it. It would be useful if added here too.

shifte

@maxoku
First of all, window control is not possible without using AutoHotKey in Windows.

Please rewrite "C:\browser\vivaldi_sub" to your instllation path.

^Left::
SetTitleMatchMode, 2
Send,^l
Sleep 200
Send,^c
Clipwait,1
Send,^w
 IfWinExist,- YouTube - Vivaldi 
  {
    Run, C:\browser\vivaldi_sub\Application\vivaldi.exe %clipboard% 
    Sleep 1000
    Send,f
  }

 else
   {
    Run, C:\browser\vivaldi_sub\Application\vivaldi.exe %clipboard% 
    Sleep 6000
    Send,f
    }
Return

maxoku

@shifte What does it do exactly?

shifte

@maxoku
Use "C:\browser\vivaldi_sub\Application\vivaldi.exe" on the sub-monitor.
Send video main-monitor to sub-monitor on maximize.

maxoku

@shifte Doesn't do anything

shifte

@maxoku
Run notepad
Paste script
Save as "hogehoge.ahk"(UTF-8 BOM)
install AutoHotKey
Run hogehoge.ahk
Send "Ctrl +Left key"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc4jgS2vEBo

maxoku

@shifte Oh, I didn't know it need to click Ctrl+Left. Unfortunately it doesn't work as intended. It does something, but not sending to the second monitor.

For what I understand it closes tab, reopen last one and if it's a yt video then go to fullscreen, but still on the first monitor.

Pesala

@maxoku said in Best way to watch video on the secondary monitor:

But it sometimes remember to be in the secondary monitor next time to start and if I don't have the second monitor plugged at the moment it's unaccusable then.

Keep the window open on your primary monitor; just drag the video tab to the secondary monitor to watch it in fullscreen. When you're done, close the window on the secondary monitor. Then Vivaldi will always restart with the window on the primary monitor.

There is nothing in settings to prevent tab dragging. If you have only one tab open, open a speed dial tab before dragging the video tab to the other monitor.

maxoku

@pesala That's the second method I've described, but it's not good, cuz then I have two windows opened as I described. It would be easier if Vivaldi would allow to drag the tab if only one is opened like Chrome.

And no, Vivaldi doesn't always start on the primary monitor. The same is with Opera as well, I've tested it already. It probably restart that behaviour after system restart, but not in the same session.

shifte

@maxoku

but still on the first monitor

Both the secondary monitor and the main monitor have same installation path or profile?
↓If profile is different (eg. Profile 1)
Run, your instllation path\vivaldi.exe --profile-directory="Profile 1" %clipboard%

If not youtube.
IfWinExist,- YouTube - Vivaldi
↓ change
IfWinExist,ahk_your instllation path\vivaldi.exe

maxoku

@shifte What do you mean by installation path and profile? Of what?

I've change the line and now the folder with Vivaldi is opened in Vivaldi.

Edit: Correction it opens in Vivaldi what is in the clipboard, I had the path in my clipboard at the moment lol.

shifte

@maxoku
secondary monitor's path and profile.
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maxoku

@shifte Vivaldi's installation path and profile. But I still don't understand what it was suppose to be different from? There's only one path and one profile. How it suppose to be different on anything?