QLab5 Video Output Window

[theater ulm]

Hej, when I stop a Video cue, on the Videoputput Window I alway see the MacOS Finder Header and Desktop. Is there any way to black out the complete Outputwindow ?

[Mike Post]

Hey,

I’m assuming you are not mirroring your output displays.  When there is no video playing from QLab, then control of the output is released to the Mac op system so it will display whatever would be on that screen.  You can change that to a completely black screen by changing the background to black.  You can do this for a particular screen in System Preferences under "Desktop & Screen Saver.”  If you want to black out all the desktops, QLab has a handy little option under the Tools menu to "Black out desktop background."

The other thing you need to do is go into the System Preferences under MIssion Control and check the "Displays have separate Spaces" box.  That will get rid of the menu bar at the top.  You will need to at least log out and back in for this to take effect.  A reboot would work as well.

Hope that helps!

Mike Post

mdp...@mac.com

http://mdpostdesign.com

On Oct 28, 2022, at 1:51 AM, theater ulm <theat...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hej, when I stop a Video cue, on the Videoputput Window I alway see the MacOS Finder Header and Desktop. Is there any way to black out the complete Outputwindow ?

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[theater ulm]

thx, but it doesn't work here with Montery, QLAB5.0.8 and latest Montery. I always see the finder header in the output window. Blackout works, but not the Finder Infos. Always there. My workaround: open a session and first QLB starts a black solid in the output. BUT: don't panic a session :-)

[micpool]

Unless there is something really odd with your system, or you are using the main screen to output your videos, the solution really is to untick displays have separate spaces. You might have to restart to get this to take effect.

Mic

[Tauno Makke]

uncheck the "Displays have separate Spaces" box.

Log off, log in.

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[Tauno Makke]

Uncheck

[theater ulm]

it' a MBP M1 new, only the system and QLAB 5.0.8 on it. The Output works. I will try this check / uncheck thing. But the next show I have on Wednesday. SO I will see.

Nice Weekend

[theater ulm]

ha . . . it works. I deactivated the spaces button, than it rocks.

thanks to all

[José Miguel Mayoral]

Is there a way to remove the taskbar with the "keep spaces separated" option activated As options you could use always having a black image projected but there are situations in which, depending on the type of work, I should have the "keep spaces" option activated separated" as an option I would have no choice but to activate or deactivate the option depending on the needs.