Turning off internal monitor while using external one

Hello, Apple Support Communities.
Before OSX Lion, anyone could turn off internal monitor while using external one, by waking up computer with lid closed, and the internal monitor will be kept turned off. But now, -I wonder what made Apple to think this way- Lion will turn on the internal one back on.
I don't care about all sorts of reasons why should I or shouldn't I desire to this. I just want it, because I have nice big monitor, which is apparently bigger than my Macbook Pro. Besides using double monitor will just exhaust my poor laptop. -mine is bit old-
I found ridicoulus answer from community, saying I should try fridge magnet. Sorry, but I don't want risk my whole computer, especially my HDD from getting magnetic damage. It happened so many times, -thanks my little bro- so now I am sick of magnet. I don't think Apple will cover this AKA magnetic damage anyway. -It wouldn't just damage, just erase your HDD-
So.... Any helpful insights? Thanks.

Nevermind. I found solution. Though it cost me 24 bucks.
Now Apple is seriously making me to consider to roll back to sucking Windows.
Thanks Jobs!

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MediaInfo output
General
Complete name : test without subs.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 350 MiB
Duration : 42mn 24s
Overall bit rate : 1 153 Kbps
Writing application : transcode-1.0.6
Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : 2
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 42mn 24s
Bit rate : 978 Kbps
Width : 624 pixels
Height : 352 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.186
Stream size : 296 MiB (85%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)
Audio
ID : 1
Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 42mn 23s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 160 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 49.4 MiB (14%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.58 video frame)
Writing library : LAME3.90.
Encoding settings : -m j -V 4 -q 2 -lowpass 18 --abr 160
And its very same but with external subtitles :
-rw-r--r-- 1 svc-pms svc-pms 77159 Oct 12 12:57 test with subs.srt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 svc-pms svc-pms 366711578 Oct 23 10:50 test with subs.avi
MediaInfo output, just to acknowledge it is the same file, but with a different name
General
Complete name : test with subs.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 350 MiB
Duration : 42mn 24s
Overall bit rate : 1 153 Kbps
Writing application : transcode-1.0.6
Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
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Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 42mn 24s
Bit rate : 978 Kbps
Width : 624 pixels
Height : 352 pixels
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Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
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Codec ID : 55
Codec ID/Hint : MP3
Duration : 42mn 23s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 160 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 49.4 MiB (14%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 24 ms (0.58 video frame)
Writing library : LAME3.90.
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/opt/pms/debug.log :
available at : http://dpaste.org/774i/
B - I tried playing the AVI file with external subtitles (SRT) and the file is playing with subtitles but no sound :-(
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[main] TRACE 06:20:25.166 Registering transcoding engine MEncoder
[main] TRACE 06:20:25.167 Registering transcoding engine MPlayer Audio
[main] TRACE 06:20:25.167 Registering transcoding engine MEncoder Web
[main] TRACE 06:20:25.167 Registering transcoding engine MPlayer Video Dump
[main] TRACE 06:20:25.168 Registering transcoding engine MPlayer Web
[main] TRACE 06:20:25.169 Registering transcoding engine TsMuxer
[main] TRACE 06:20:25.169 Registering transcoding engine Audio High Fidelity
[main] TRACE 06:20:25.170 Registering transcoding engine VLC Audio Streaming
[main] TRACE 06:20:25.170 Registering transcoding engine VLC Video Streaming
[main] TRACE 06:20:25.170 Registering transcoding engine Raws Thumbnailer
[main] TRACE 06:20:25.223 Scanning network interface eth0 / eth0
[main] TRACE 06:20:25.224 Using address /192.168.0.20 found on network interface: name:eth0 (eth0) index: 2 addresses: /192.168.0.20;
[main] TRACE 06:20:25.224 Created socket: /192.168.0.20:5001
[main] TRACE 06:20:25.279 Using database located at : /filers/fvEXT3-01/_applications_/opt/pms/database
[main] TRACE 06:20:26.010 A tiny media library admin interface is available at: http://192.168.0.20:5001/console/home
[main] TRACE 06:20:26.017 Using the following UUID: d83f2e45-d8b8-3db7-b0ff-a6fc95ce046c
[New I/O server worker #1-1] TRACE 06:20:28.867 Renderer Playstation 3 found on this address: /192.168.0.15
[New I/O server worker #1-1] TRACE 06:20:30.872 Renderer Playstation 3 has an estimated network speed of: 93 Mb/s
[main] TRACE 06:20:32.488 It's ready! You should see the server appear on the XMB
[New I/O server worker #1-6] TRACE 06:20:56.875 Starting transcode/remux of test with subs.avi
So, obviously here, the only thing which changes from before was that, this time, the PS3 Media Server did a transcode/remux of the file (for the subtitles to be streamed)
/opt/pms/debug.log :
available at : http://dpaste.org/6XMI/
I have pasted the complete debug.log but I believe the problem is around this :
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.874 Opened request handler on socket /192.168.0.15:64494 // Playstation 3
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.874 Request: HTTP/1.0 : HEAD : get/0$0$4$0/test+with+subs.avi
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.874 Received on socket: Accept-Encoding: identity
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.874 Received on socket: Cache-Control: no-cache
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.874 Received on socket: Connection: close
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.874 Received on socket: Host: 192.168.0.20:5001
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.874 Received on socket: User-Agent: PLAYSTATION 3
[New I/O server worker #1-6] INFO 06:20:56.874 HTTP: get/0$0$4$0/test+with+subs.avi / 0-0
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.874 Searching for objectId: 0$0$4$0 with children option: false
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.875 Asked stream chunk [0-0] timeseek: 0.0 of test with subs.avi and player MEncoder
[New I/O server worker #1-6] TRACE 06:20:56.875 Starting transcode/remux of test with subs.avi
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.875 Looking for an audio track with lang: eng
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.883 Looking for an audio track with lang: fre
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.884 Looking for an audio track with lang: jpn
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.886 Looking for an audio track with lang: ger
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.887 Looking for an audio track with lang: und
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.888 Matched audio track: Audio: MP3 / lang: und / ID: 1
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.888 Search a match for: und with fre and off
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.889 Search a match for: und with fr and off
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.889 Search a match for: und with eng and off
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.890 Search a match for: und with en and off
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.891 Found subtitles track: Sub: SubRip / lang: und / ID: 100 / FILE: /srv/shares/test_with_sub/test with subs.srt
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.891 Found external file: /srv/shares/test_with_sub/test with subs.srt
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:56.892 channels=2
[mkfifo] INFO 06:20:56.979 Starting mkfifo --mode=777 /tmp/ps3mediaserver/mencoder1300252856978
[mkfifo] INFO 06:20:56.995 Unix process ID (mkfifo): 4390
[mencoder] INFO 06:20:57.029 Starting mencoder -ss 0 -quiet /srv/shares/test_with_sub/test with subs.avi -quiet -quiet -oac lavc -of mpeg -quiet -quiet -mpegopts format=mpeg2:muxrate=500000:vbuf_size=1194:abuf_size=64 -ovc lavc -channels 2 -lavdopts debug=0:threads=4 -lavcopts autoaspect=1:vcodec=mpeg2video:acodec=ac3:abitrate=256:threads=4:keyint=1:vqscale=1:vqmin=2 -spuaa 3 -subfont-text-scale 3 -subfont-outline 1 -subfont-blur 1 -subpos 98 -quiet -quiet -sid 100 -quiet -quiet -ofps 24000/1001 -sub /srv/shares/test_with_sub/test with subs.srt -utf8 -mc 0 -noskip -af lavcresample=48000 -srate 48000 -o /tmp/ps3mediaserver/mencoder1300252856978
[mencoder] INFO 06:20:57.048 Reading pipe: /tmp/ps3mediaserver/mencoder1300252856978
[mencoder] DEBUG 06:20:57.049 Opening file /tmp/ps3mediaserver/mencoder1300252856978 for reading...
[New I/O server worker #1-6] DEBUG 06:20:57.129 Sleeping for 6000 milliseconds
[mencoder] INFO 06:20:57.395 Attaching thread: mencoder
[Timer-1] DEBUG 06:20:57.396 Buffered Space: 0 bytes / inputs: 0
[mencoder] INFO 06:20:57.396 Unix process ID (mencoder): 4395
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.396 MEncoder SVN-r32792-4.5.2 (C) 2000-2011 MPlayer Team
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.397 161 audio & 351 video codecs
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.397 success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0x15db931a
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.397 AVI file format detected.
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.397 [aviheader] Video stream found, -vid 0
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.397 [aviheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.397 VIDEO: [XVID] 624x352 24bpp 23.976 fps 977.5 kbps (119.3 kbyte/s)
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.397 [V] filefmt:3 fourcc:0x44495658 size:624x352 fps:23.976 ftime:=0.0417
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.397 ==========================================================================
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.397 Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.397 AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 128.0 kbit/8.33% (ratio: 16000->192000)
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.397 Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.397 ==========================================================================
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.397 PACKET SIZE: 2048 bytes, deltascr: 884
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.397 Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.397 Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.397 ==========================================================================
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.397 Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.403 Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.403 ==========================================================================
[Thread-27] DEBUG 06:20:57.403 [ac3 @ 0xd37ca0]No channel layout specified. The encoder will guess the layout, but it might be incorrect.
[Thread-27] DEBUG 06:20:57.437 Limiting audio preload to 0.4s.
[Thread-27] DEBUG 06:20:57.437 Increasing audio density to 4.
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.463 Movie-Aspect is 1.77:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.463 videocodec: libavcodec (624x352 fourcc=3267706d [mpg2])
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.463 [VE_LAVC] Using constant qscale = 1.000000 (VBR).
[Thread-30] DEBUG 06:20:57.617 Writing header...
[Timer-1] DEBUG 06:20:59.396 Buffered Space: 26595328 bytes / inputs: 0
[Thread-28] DEBUG 06:21:01.227 freeMemory: 25791584
[Thread-28] DEBUG 06:21:01.227 totalMemory: 81592320
[Thread-28] DEBUG 06:21:01.228 maxMemory: 715849728
[Thread-28] DEBUG 06:21:01.228 Extending buffer to 419430400
[Timer-1] DEBUG 06:21:01.397 Buffered Space: 49999872 bytes / inputs: 0
[Thread-28] DEBUG 06:21:01.726 Done extending
Thing is, I do not have the same issue with files that are not (yet) MP3-Audio powered, for instance :
General
Complete name : /srv/shares/media03/directories/toto.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
Format profile : OpenDML
Format settings : rec
File size : 1.59 GiB
Duration : 1h 46mn
Overall bit rate : 2 140 Kbps
Writing application : AVI-Mux GUI 1.17.8.3, Feb 16 201019:42:50
Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple@L5
Format settings, BVOP : 2
Format settings, QPel : Yes
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (H.263)
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 1h 46mn
Bit rate : 1 620 Kbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 544 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.097
Stream size : 1.20 GiB (76%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)
Audio #1
ID : 1
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 1h 46mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 384 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 292 MiB (18%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 64 ms (1.53 video frames)
Interleave, preload duration : 192 ms
Title : UW 6ch audio
Audio #2
ID : 2
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 1h 46mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 128 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 97.4 MiB (6%)
Alignment : Aligned on interleaves
Interleave, duration : 64 ms (1.53 video frames)
Interleave, preload duration : 192 ms
Title : UW 2ch audio
This file is well played by PS3 Media Server.
I am quite confused with this issue ; did anyone experienced the same thing ?
Best Regards,

Having the same problem. I'm watching all of my movies without subs now, because transcoding kills the 5.1 audio (no problems with 2 channel audio). A workaround is posted in the comments of the pms-svn package.
I will post the URL to this thread to another thread with probably the same problem (mplayer/x264). I have not yet seen a real solution to this, and I'm not really familiar with the bugzilla's from both projects.
Other threads with similar problems:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=112219 (devede also uses mplayer and x264)
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/22654 (related bug in Archlinux)
http://bugzilla.mplayerhq.hu/show_bug.cgi?id=1865 (related bug in mplayer)
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=115165 (this thread)
Another workaround might be to trick pms into using ffmpeg or vlc rather than mencoder. I'm also streaming to a ps3 - I didn't try it, but it could be as easy as temporarily changing settings inside the profile for a ps3-client.
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