VLC opening direct 3d output windows

As you can in this above image there are two windows of vlc player, I just want to get rid of the other vlc direct3d output window.

VLC version is latest i.e. 2.0.1.

If I change the video output to some other also; this thing doesn't change. Only the title changes i.e. now it is direct3d output then it will change to openGL or as per the selected output video option.

This happens when I play *.mov files.

Solution 1:

Tools > Preferences > Video

Change the output to Direct2d output

For any anyone having difficulty getting the option to stick: Press save not cancel after selecting the Direct2d setting.

Solution 2:

I got this answer on my own. Actually this is a bug in VLC media player and they haven't solved this problem till yet. This problem is caused only when playing specific file types, in my case it was .mov file.

The answer to this problem was to use different player rather then to depend on vlc. Now,whenever I want to open this type of file I use GOM player. The .mov file is played very smoothly in GOM player without opening any more extra windows.

Sad, I even tried the latest version of vlc i.e. 2.0.2 still the problem is alive.

Solution 3:

I too faced this problem. I got rid of the issue by changing the following

Tools > Preferences > Input and Codecs > (Check) Use GPU accelerated decoding Restart VLC

http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=100653#p355744

This is happening with Lynda.com videos. because they are putting an additional layer with the logo. in video menu there are two tracks. A temporary solution is right click the video while playing > video> video track > disable. Again same step and choose track 1. This is valid for the file being played. If you open another file you will get the popup. You will have to do the same process every time you play such files

Solution 4:

Go to Tools > Preferences > Show settings (select all) > Reset Preferences.

This worked for me. I hope it works for you too.

Solution 5:

It's an old topic so maybe this'll help people searching for this problem.

I had the same problem on VLC 2.1.4. Rincewind with a couple of files. And indeed, it turned out that they all had 2 video streams (as well as 2 audio streams).

My solution was to load them in MKVmerge, a program that puts videos in the Matroska container format. In MKVmerge I simply disabled the superfluous video and audio streams, clicked "Start Muxing" and it created a file that worked normally in VLC and, as a bonus, took half as much disk space. If other container formats are your preference, such as MP4, there are other programs for that as well.

To me this counts as a permanent solution since the problem lies with a couple of files that could be repaired. If this problem commonly recurs for you, perhaps a competing media player such as MediaPlayer Classic would serve you better.