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[Issue Dual Monitor] How to reset Dual Monitor ?

PostPosted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:03 pm
by Ioneth
Dear Community,

recently i started working with DaVinci Resolve B17 and it's just awesome.
However, i created a Dual Screen setup and saved my settings under "Workspace->Layout Presets"

It looks like something broke my settings and now i'm stuck on a single monitor. "Load Preset" doesn't work. Changing the primary display doesn't work ether. "Reset UI Layout" and restart (or even reboot), nothing..
I'm still stuck on a single monitor and cant get my second monitor to work.

Workspace -> Dual Screen is ON and grayed out. I can't change it back.

Could someone help me out of this ?

Best regards from Berlin

Re: [Issue Dual Monitor] How to reset Dual Monitor ?

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 1:55 pm
by visualfeast
I had a similar issue once after a crash. I fixed it by closing Resolve, changing the resolution of my monitors to something lower, restarting Resolve then changing resolution back. Maybe this will help you.


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Re: [Issue Dual Monitor] How to reset Dual Monitor ?

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 2:39 pm
by Charles Bennett
Have you checked that the computer is actually seeing two monitors? As you have given no system details, I will assume you are on Windows. In my case using an Nvidia GPU this is what I have in the Nvidia Control Panel. Set this way as I like the Timeline on my left. As I always use two screens there is no need for a preset in Resolves Workspace.

Re: [Issue Dual Monitor] How to reset Dual Monitor ?

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:00 pm
by Ioneth
Thanks for your help.

I am using win10 with an NVIDIA GPU.
Within Windows everything works fine.

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Changing my Resolution didn't work.

It looks like my monitor settings are somehow messed up.
Changing "Workspace -> Primary Display -> Generic PnP Monitor 1 to Generic PnP Monitor 2"
does not work ether. DaVinci stays on the same monitor i dragged the windows to.

Re: [Issue Dual Monitor] How to reset Dual Monitor ?

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:52 pm
by Charles Bennett
In the Nvidia control panel try setting display 1 as the Primary display like I have. In Resolve monitor 2 is set as the primary display.

Re: [Issue Dual Monitor] How to reset Dual Monitor ?

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:17 pm
by Charles Bennett
This is what my Desktop and Resolve look like with these settings.

Re: [Issue Dual Monitor] How to reset Dual Monitor ?

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:24 pm
by Ioneth
I did it, but i have no idea how.

I removed 4x DSR within the NVIDIA Driver (basically rendering a 4k Image and downscaling it to 1080p) but i didn't used this within windows itself.

visualfeast wrote:I had a similar issue once after a crash. I fixed it by closing Resolve, changing the resolution of my monitors to something lower, restarting Resolve then changing resolution back. Maybe this will help you.


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I tried this again and now it works.


Thanks alot!