Theater Mode in Vista With ATI

[OBAMA]

Hello , I Have a system With Ati Graphic Card In it , Having Windows Vista installed my problem is that theatre mode ATI Tray Tools 1.3.6.1009 don't work. i Want the Video to Be always fullscreened ( theater mode ) on my TV , but Can Seem to Get it Working Can you Tell me How Can i Solve This Problem Thanks in Advance for Your Solutions

[David23]

Hello , Your question has largely been answered already - Theatre Mode is something that is essentially removed for the most part, with both NVIDIA and ATI cards under Windows Vista. Instead, Vista takes care of the fullscreen output abilities. This was a directive of Microsoft's compliance with HD content protection (ie. keeping Hollywood happy). Unfortunately, it closes the doors on everyone, regardless of what they do with their fullscreen video output.

[Archibald]

Hello , Easy way to do it is download Media player classic homecinema (if you cant find it you can get it bundled with the cccp codec pack) do a search to find the executible file and right click property's then compatibility. tick the bottom two options (disable desktop composition & display scaling) and save. Afterwards set it as your default player and open a video file, windows will switch to vista basic and you will get perfect theater mode on your second monitor/tv.

[Birdie]

Hello ,Do you have Hydravision installed? I thought that was the only way to enable it? What's in the Displays manager? And display optons. As your not using another monitor but a TV, you are currently in extended desktop mode Do you have clone mode? And can put the full screen to the seconadry screen TV that way playing your video in VLC on your desktop will make it full screen on the TV.

[kiLLer]

Hello , you Can Do it Follow this First set your vista theme to windows basic ( same as the glass theme, just without the glass effects ), fullscreen is not yet surpported in aero glass theme, hope they fix this soon.

1. installed ace mega codec pack.
   
2. installed real alternative.
   
3. installed quicktime alternative.
   
4. installed the the ATI catalyst 7.3 drivers ( old drivers )
   
5. reboot pc.
   
6. open ATI control panel on basic settings.
   
7. set monitors to clone mode and tick the box that allows you to set how monitors will display picture.
   
8. on next page set the size ( i used 1024x768 ) and choose fullscreen theater mode, scale to fullscreen.
   
9. now go test a movie, it should be working, if not just mess around with the settings, reinstall drivers etc ...
   
10. once you got fullscreen working, install new "7.4 catalyst drivers" but choose "upgrade" and then when asked choose "custom" .
    
11. when it gives you options to select , select driver update only, do not upgrade control panel.

now you are done