Re: [Bino-list] Dual screen not working on windows

[Pedro Silva Pinto]

Many thanks, Martin.
Looking forward to read again from you about this issue.

Regards
Pedro

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Lambers [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: 5 de janeiro de 2018 08:40
To: Pedro Silva Pinto <address@hidden>
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [Bino-list] Dual screen not working on windows

Hi Pedro,

sorry, I am out of ideas. The code has worked for many years, and now it does 
not anymore, and I have no test system to see what exactly is going on. I may 
have access to a dual-screen system next week, maybe I can run a few tests 
there.

Regards,
Martin

On Fri, 29 Dec 2017 16:56:27 +0000, Pedro Silva Pinto wrote:
> Hi Martin,
> 
> Yes but, if that is the case, wouldn't it affect screen detection 
> also? Bino does detect correctly the number of screens I am using, and 
> I tested it in several scenarios: -A triple monitor system:
> tested with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 17.10, with Gnome desktop 
> environment. -A dual monitor system (laptop with external monitor):
> tested with Windows 10. In any case, the number of monitors shows 
> correctly in the dual screen set up menu. Also, if the way the desktop 
> environment handles multi-screen was to blame, version 1.6.0 would 
> suffer also. It works perfectly, though I only tried on Win10.
> 
> Regards,
> Pedro
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bino-list
> [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf 
> Of Martin Lambers Sent: 29 de dezembro de 2017 09:15 To:
> address@hidden Subject: Re: [Bino-list] Dual screen not working 
> on windows
> 
> Hi Pedro,
> 
> another possibility is that multi-screen handling is handled 
> differently on different desktop environments. Which Windows version 
> are you using? I never got feedback for anything newer than Windows 7. 
> And which desktop are you using on Ubuntu? It may have something to do 
> with that, but I'm not sure.
> 
> Regards,
> Martin
> 
> On Fri, 29 Dec 2017 01:19:42 +0000, Pedro Silva Pinto wrote:
> > Hi Martin,
> > 
> > Glad to read back from you.
> > My working 1.6.0 version uses Qt 4.8.5.
> > 
> > I compiled again Bino 1.6.5 in Ubuntu and get same results whether I 
> > use Qt 4 or 5: fullscreen works in single screen, despite having set 
> > dual screen mode.
> > 
> > I also compiled Bino 1.6.5 for windows (in Ubuntu 17.10 with MXE) 
> > following your README.WINDOWS file, but using Qt version 5 instead 
> > of 4. It compiles OK, installs on windows, but upon launching I get 
> > this error:
> > 
> > bino: [err] This application failed to start because it could not 
> > find or load the Qt platform plugin "windows"?in "".??Reinstalling 
> > the application may fix this problem.
> > 
> > Still, getting the same behavior on Ubuntu both with Qt 4 and 5 
> > baybe an indication that the problem isn't related to the Qt 
> > version. I can make further tests, but need some guidance. :) 
> > Cheers!
> > 
> > Pedro
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Martin Lambers [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: 27 de dezembro de 2017 20:26
> > To: address@hidden
> > Cc: Pedro Silva Pinto <address@hidden>
> > Subject: Re: [Bino-list] Dual screen not working on windows
> > 
> > Hi Pedro,
> > 
> > the project is not abandoned, but needs more developer time.
> > 
> > I do not use Windows and currently don't even have access to a 
> > multi-screen system, so I cannot really track this problem down.
> > 
> > However, there were no relevant source code changes between 1.6.0 
> > and 1.6.1. In fact, the enter_fullscreen() function has not been 
> > changed in years. So my guess is it depends on the Qt version used.
> > Maybe look into Help->About->Libraries to find out which Qt version 
> > your working 1.6.0 binary uses, and/or try to build with the latest 
> > Qt version.
> > 
> > Best,
> > Martin
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 26 Dec 2017 15:37:47 +0000, Pedro Silva Pinto wrote:  
> > > No reply after a month; was the project abandoned by their 
> > > developers? :(
> > > 
> > > 
> > > From: Bino-list
> > > [mailto:address@hidden On 
> > > Behalf Of Pedro Silva Pinto Sent: 24 de novembro de 2017 13:12 To:
> > > address@hidden Subject: Re: [Bino-list] Dual screen not 
> > > working on windows
> > > 
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > I wanted to dig a little deeper and I tried Bino dual screen mode 
> > > in Ubuntu. I tested on Ubuntu 17.10, on different hardware from my 
> > > previous tests. Compiled Bino 1.6.5 from source code myself (no 
> > > equalizer and with qt4). Input was left/right, half width; output 
> > > was left/right. Same result: full screen displays only in the 
> > > screen where the main window is. I also tried the Bino version 
> > > included in the Ubuntu release, but it crashes when playback 
> > > starts. So, dual screen mode isn’t working both in Windows and 
> > > Ubuntu. Trying earlier versions (on windows), it does work on 
> > > version 1.6.0.
> > > 
> > > Pedro
> > > 
> > > From: Bino-list
> > > [mailto:address@hidden On 
> > > Behalf Of Pedro Silva Pinto Sent: 19 de novembro de 2017 12:19 To:
> > > address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden> Subject:
> > > [Bino-list] Dual screen not working on windows
> > > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > It’s been a long time since I last used Bino and last weekend I 
> > > needed to present a 3D movie. I’ve always used it on Windows and 
> > > now am using version 1.6.5. I set up my rig and when I tried to 
> > > set up the dual screen mode, I just couldn’t. Sure enough, the 
> > > interface detects the screens, and the selection menu works OK; 
> > > it’s just that the full screen always shows on the screen where 
> > > the main window is. No image goes to the screens I selected on the 
> > > menu. As I was sure Bino could do it, I tried older versions, 
> > > which I had kept. Version 1.6.1, same problem. On version 1.6.0, 
> > > everything worked! Is there some bug inserted into the code 
> > > between versions 1.6.0 and 1.6.1?
> > > 
> > > Cheers!
> > > 
> > > Pedro
> >   
> 
>