Full Screen on Multiple Monitors

It used to be that if I took a video on iTunes to Full Screen, which screen it would maximise on was dependent on which monitor the iTunes Library window was resident on ... Since 7.4, it seems to be utterly random! It always wants to go on to the secondary monitor. Sometimes it will agree to go on the primary if I change where I want windowed videos displayed from "in a separate window" to something else, back to separate again ... but if that does work, it's short lived.
And ... it's a bit annoying! lol ... so how can I persuade iTunes to go to full screen where I want it to, not where it wants to?
(And as a side question ... I don't suppose anyone knows how to ask it to go to full screen without disabling the other screen ... it would be nice to work on the primary monitor while showing a video full screen on the secondary, sans title bar.)

{quote:title=Robin Browne wrote:}I don't suppose anyone knows how to ask it to go to full screen without disabling the other screen ... it would be nice to work on the primary monitor while showing a video full screen on the secondary, sans title bar.){quote}
YES!!!
I really need this feature and have for some time now. I DJ with music, video and karaoke and use large screens with projectors. I have iTunes playlists and file elaborately customized to how I need it but I can't find a suitable workaround to have the second monitor (projector) presenting all music videos full screen (switching to full screen visualizer for music-only) yet still be able to manipulate & preview the playlist or otherwise work on my laptop.
Quicktime Pro does allow you to present full screen videos on a second monitor without disabling the laptop display, however it doesn't have all the playlist, visualizer or the organizational and continous file-playing ability and features of iTunes which I definitely need. Since iTunes is built on Quicktime why can't it do the same thing???
The only half-baked workarounds I can manage are:
A) Display the music videos in a separate window fit-to-screen (not full-screen) then "zoom" the projector to block out the edges (menu bar, etc.). Not only is this kinda tacky looking but you still can't use the visualizer this way.
B) Until another option becomes available, keep laptop screen mirrored with the projector image, but when I need to work in iTunes "freeze" the projector image (while on visualizer only) then exit full-screen while I make necessary changes to the playlist but with the music continuing to play. The problem with this is it has to be on visualizer when I freeze the projector (would look strange to freeze in the middle of a music video) and I would have to be careful when done working to use Command-T if music-only is playing to return to full-screen visualizer, or Command-F for a music video to return to full-screen video. I must also "un-freeze" the projector upon this return each time. I would also want to confirm that when a music video is done the full screen switches back to full-screen visualizer upon the next music-only song without having to reactivate the visualizer with Command-T (and vice versa for the next music video). This can get tedious, especially during a show when working alone and with lots going on around you!
Any other suggestions???
Message was edited by: SWLinPHX

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