Full screen won't work Windows Media Player

primalcarl · Crazy Courier Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Karma :

When I click to watch a film in full screen mode, it tries to change to full screen but then changes back to the small view. It's annoying, as something software I use uses wmp as default and no way to change.

Anyone know what might be the problem?

Rookie · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Karma :

There should be a pin icon somewhere when you try to click into full screen. Click that once and see if it has any affect. Sometimes it turns on for no apparent reason. Confused

primalcarl · Crazy Courier Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Karma :

Can't see any pin icon, strange

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GodzGift · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 May 2006 Karma :

i use VLC to watch movies, divx, xivd, porn, clips, everything, the player is small and hence doesnt clog up loads of cpu space like WMP which is a pile of wank ( excuse me frenc)

check out https://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Thumbs Up

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techierob · Traffic Copper Joined: 05 Oct 2006 Karma :

I'd start with your video drivers. I'm no expert on MS, but direct-x might come into the equation somewhere as well.
Oh, and I second the recommendation for vlc. The scan features weren't the best last I checked, but it's free, (relatively) stable and seems to support just about everything

primalcarl · Crazy Courier Joined: 14 Jun 2004 Karma :

Yeah I use VLC which is good, but a tv program I use uses wmp as default and there's no ption to change it, so stuck with small screen

techierob · Traffic Copper Joined: 05 Oct 2006 Karma :

just out of curiosity, what graphics chipset are you using? Do you have a control centre for it (right-click on desktop, select properties, go to settings and see if there's a little logo that lets you diddle with the video card settings)? It might let you fiddle with the full-screen mode.