Dual Monitors Issue

[mrgroovy]

Not sure where to post this - hopefully here. I have a 2nd monitor connected to my iMac. Standard procedure is to open a session with PT12 edit window on the left monitor and mix window on right monitor. All is well until I pull up the internet on Safari (or Chrome) usually to research some PT information (duc forum or youtube tutorial etc). I typically pull up YouTube on the "right" monitor. Issue is if I watch a YouTube vid for more than a minute or so and go back to my PT session (left monitor), the project does not allow me to "play"or 'record" etc. If I hit the play button for example - it blinks twice and then nothing. Odd
My fix is to go to Playback Engine and change buffer size up or down (ie: 512 to 256) and click OK. PT then functions as normal. Not a huge bummer but really jams up the flow. Any suggestions?

[panamajack]

Are both monitors set to the same resolution?

If you have different screen sizes, or if your monitors have dissimilar specifications, it may cause a problem.

[mrgroovy]

Originally Posted by panamajack

Are both monitors set to the same resolution?

If you have different screen sizes, or if your monitors have dissimilar specifications, it may cause a problem.

Thx for the response. Same screen sizes but the resolutions are different. iMac is 1920x1080 (which I like) and HP is 1680 by 1050. Thats about as close as I can get to matching both.

[panamajack]

Not sure if it would "fix" your issue, but a 1920 x 1080 external monitor is not a whole bunch of scratch.

[albee1952]

Originally Posted by panamajack

Not sure if it would "fix" your issue, but a 1920 x 1080 external monitor is not a whole bunch of scratch.

Indeed^^^ I got a 27" AOC at Best Buy for $169, or you could go with a 1080P LED TV(a 32" can usually be found on sale for well under $300).