VLC - Display video on a specific monitor, fullscreen

On Windows 7:

Method 1

• Tools, Preferences
• Video, uncheck "Show media title on video"
• Video, check "Fullscreen"
• Interface, uncheck "Show controls in full screen mode" - you can control the play back on the main screen of the VLS icon (can pause, forward and backward but cannot jump to a position)
• Output, select Default
• Drag the VLC to the monitor you would like to display
• Close VLC

Issues:

• You will see an image of the of the default size of VLC before (and then full screen showing the video) and after the video (a little bit better way is close the player right before the end of the video from the task bar)

Method 2

• Tools, Preferences
• Show settings, All
• Video, uncheck "Embeeded video"
• Output modules, select "DirectX (DirectDraw) video output
• Output modules, DirectX, Name of desired display device, select "\\.\DISPLAY2" for the second monitor
• Make sure the play list, the interface is previously closed on the other monitor

Issues:

• The color scheme may change (to Windows 7 basic) when open and close VLC

In case you have opened the video in the wrong monitor, you can send the windows to another screen by pressing <Windows><Shift><left arrow/right arrow> keys in Vista / Windows 7.


On Mac:


VLC, Preferences, Video

• check Fullscreen
• Fullscreen video device, select the display