Freezing video when watching movie on 2nd monitor.

Freezing fregrently for a second video when watching movie with ful screen option.
OSX 10.6.8 system.
MacBook pro 3,1
2.2 GHZ
memory 4GB
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

You won't be able to do it with the included QuickTime media player. But it can be done with other media players like MPlayer or VLC I am pretty sure. Haven't had this exact need myself but have seen other similar threads and recall the above being recommended. Good luck.

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