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svesjo2
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Video freezes XNView

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I can't play videos in XNView MP on one of my computers.
When I doubleclick on a video, XNView freezes. Any video format, any codec.
Pressing F3 to play in VLC player works OK.
I have two PCs, and use XNView on both. On the other PC it works OK.
The PC has three monitors of different sizes.
I suspected there was something wrong with the PC, so I formattedf the harddisk and reinstalled XNView. And that helped, video worked OK. But when I had reinstalled all my software, the problem came back. Video freezes every time.

So it may be something with my PC or other software? Any ideas?

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Re: Video freezes XNView

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svesjo2 wrote: Wed Apr 23, 2025 5:40 am But when I had reinstalled all my software, the problem came back. Video freezes every time.
so, what software cause freezes?
svesjo2
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Re: Video freezes XNView

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I don't know, I should have checked for each app I installed :-/

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Re: Video freezes XNView

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Now, this is strange, I have found out more:
I have 3 screens, two at 3840x2160, scaling 200%, one at 1920x1080, scaling 125%.
  • If I run XNView on the smaller screen and open a video, it freezes.
  • If I run XNView on a large screen and open a video, it works!
  • If I run XNView on a large screen and open a video, close the video, move the XNView window over to the smaller screen, and open another video, it works!!!
So it seems like it's not software, but I always have to start on the big screen, then I can move XNView to the smaller screen???
OK, I don't understand this, but I can live with this workaround.

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