Using fullscreen applications with two monitors

I have an external monitor connected to my macbook via VGA and the mini-DVI adapter. I often use the second monitor to play video files, while using my macbook display for other work. My problem is that whenever I try to run an application in fullscreen mode on either monitor, the other monitor goes black and is unusable. I've searched these forums and the internet in general, but have been unable to find any kind of solution to this. If anyone knows how to remedy this, please help.

Haha. Found the answer to my own question. There's an option in VLC to disable black screens during fullscreen. Guess I must have missed it.

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