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I recently asked a question about using Windows 7 Task Scheduler to wake a computer from Sleep mode and play a video, Windows Task Scheduler to wake from sleep and play a video, and I got it to work, but the command line argument "/fullscreen" fails to make the video run in full-screen mode.
I did watch the launching and it looks like it might be going into full-screen mode and then immediately going back to windowed mode for some reason, before actually playing the video or within the first split-second of the video. Maybe that is a clue as to what is happening.
Does anyone know how to get this to work properly?
A.M.
Posted 2013-08-17T15:52:47.830
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-1 This does not address the OP's issue. While I agree that WMP isn't the most powerful software, your answer is more like a comment than a real solution – nixda – 2013-08-18T17:29:31.150
I really don't want to have to install a new program when I have one that seems like it should be able to do what I want. I do also use VLC, so I will try launching that in fullscreen if I can't get it to work with WMP. It may be that the fullscreen launch problem extends to all media players (or all programs) anyway though, so a solution for WMP might carry over to other players. In the end, though, what I really want is a solution for WMP so that I can most easily set this up on arbitrary Windows system. – A.M. – 2013-08-19T02:16:12.697
Yes there is a particular reason. Its called Play-To, which allows your computer to act as a renderer destination for media plus allows your media to 'Play To' other renderers/media extenders on your network. Also, you forgot to include the important reasons for picking MPC-HC given the existence of VLC.
– Amit Naidu – 2013-08-26T17:53:45.313@AmitNaidu Play To is for playing media on a different screen, so I don't see how it is relevant to the OP's question? I mentioned MPC-HC because it has similar command-line parameters to WMP. Besides, MPC-HC was mentioned just as an example. VLC is another such example. – Tim De Baets – 2013-08-27T21:29:24.193