DJ R3lentless
After installing VDJ 7.0.3 on my desktop Win 7 with 22" widescreen 1920 x 1080 I found that after maximising the screen VDJ didn't fit and I had no way of getting to config or min/max/close etc
It had worked fine on my laptop (Dual boot 7/xp stripped)
It didn't matter what the resolution was set to or the resolution of the screen was set to; it was as if the prog read the screen size incorrectly or something.
I searched the net and tried everything I could find/think of when in the end I remembered one more setting that might just affect it and did it!!!
Right click desktop > Screen Resolution
Click on "Make text and other items larger or smaller"
select 100% (default)
Mine was set to 150% but I can get away with 125%
Hope this helps.
Relentless
It had worked fine on my laptop (Dual boot 7/xp stripped)
It didn't matter what the resolution was set to or the resolution of the screen was set to; it was as if the prog read the screen size incorrectly or something.
I searched the net and tried everything I could find/think of when in the end I remembered one more setting that might just affect it and did it!!!
Right click desktop > Screen Resolution
Click on "Make text and other items larger or smaller"
select 100% (default)
Mine was set to 150% but I can get away with 125%
Hope this helps.
Relentless
Posté Wed 27 Apr 11 @ 8:18 pm
nickstam
Wow thanks so much. This was driving me nuts. I had the same issue on my 1920x1080 notebook!
Posté Sun 15 Jul 12 @ 5:22 pm
Support staff
Ideally you should download and use a skin that is designed for your screen's native resolution: http://www.virtualdj.com/addons/skins.html
Posté Sun 15 Jul 12 @ 5:42 pm
djnanite
Support staff wrote :
Ideally you should download and use a skin that is designed for your screen's native resolution: http://www.virtualdj.com/addons/skins.html
Are there any plans to release any "official" HD versions of the default skin? All the current ones on that page are either designed strictly for 4 decks (at the expense of easily accessible controls), or trying too hard to be 'cool'.
I would love a version of the default 2-deck skin that has all the loops/samples/effects controls accessible without the need for tabs, to maximize the amount of available space for tracklistings.
Alternativly, is there an easy way of resizing an existing skin in an image editor to the desired resolution (it doesn't matter if aspect ratio is not maintained), to ease up the load on the CPU?
Posté Sun 15 Jul 12 @ 6:27 pm
danielsr2006
djnanite wrote :
Are there any plans to release any "official" HD versions of the default skin? All the current ones on that page are either designed strictly for 4 decks (at the expense of easily accessible controls), or trying too hard to be 'cool'.
I would love a version of the default 2-deck skin that has all the loops/samples/effects controls accessible without the need for tabs, to maximize the amount of available space for tracklistings.
Alternativly, is there an easy way of resizing an existing skin in an image editor to the desired resolution (it doesn't matter if aspect ratio is not maintained), to ease up the load on the CPU?
Support staff wrote :
Ideally you should download and use a skin that is designed for your screen's native resolution: http://www.virtualdj.com/addons/skins.html
Are there any plans to release any "official" HD versions of the default skin? All the current ones on that page are either designed strictly for 4 decks (at the expense of easily accessible controls), or trying too hard to be 'cool'.
I would love a version of the default 2-deck skin that has all the loops/samples/effects controls accessible without the need for tabs, to maximize the amount of available space for tracklistings.
Alternativly, is there an easy way of resizing an existing skin in an image editor to the desired resolution (it doesn't matter if aspect ratio is not maintained), to ease up the load on the CPU?
+1
Posté Mon 16 Jul 12 @ 1:34 am
Support staff
You can use the skin resizer tool to resize existing skins to another resolution:
http://www.virtualdj.com/addons/7187/Skin_Resizer_Tool.html
http://www.virtualdj.com/addons/7187/Skin_Resizer_Tool.html
Posté Mon 16 Jul 12 @ 5:48 am
djnanite
Support staff wrote :
You can use the skin resizer tool to resize existing skins to another resolution:
http://www.virtualdj.com/addons/7187/Skin_Resizer_Tool.html
http://www.virtualdj.com/addons/7187/Skin_Resizer_Tool.html
Awesome!
Can I ask what may seem like a really dumb question before I use this?
I'm running Windows 7 and my desktop resolution is 1600x900.
I want to run VirtualDJ maximized.
Maximized apps do not fill the entire vertical reoslution - approximately 50 pixels is taken up by the taskbar.
To run VirtualDJ maximized without it having to 'resize' the skin, should I make the skin height the full desktop height (900px), or should I deduct the taskbar height from the skin (approx 850px)?
Or is there no performance hit when VirtualDJ 'shrinks' a skin?
Thanks!
Posté Mon 16 Jul 12 @ 5:37 pm
djdad
If you wish to have the taskbar visible, then resize the skin to 1600x850, but you dont maximize the skin as it will cover taskbar as well.
Resizing skin certainly requires more cpu than having a non-resized skin.
Resizing skin certainly requires more cpu than having a non-resized skin.
Posté Mon 16 Jul 12 @ 8:16 pm
djnanite
djdad wrote :
If you wish to have the taskbar visible, then resize the skin to 1600x850, but you dont maximize the skin as it will cover taskbar as well.
Resizing skin certainly requires more cpu than having a non-resized skin.
Resizing skin certainly requires more cpu than having a non-resized skin.
So, does that mean VirtualDJ always treats maximized skins as 'resized', even if they fit the maximized area exactly?
And does VirtualDJ require increasingly more CPU the more the skin is resized? Or does it use the same CPU regardless of how much it is resized?
Like I said - maybe a dumb question, but I'm really interested to know how VirtualDJ handles this.
Thanks!
Posté Mon 16 Jul 12 @ 8:31 pm
djdad
djnanite wrote :
So, does that mean VirtualDJ always treats maximized skins as 'resized', even if they fit the maximized area exactly?
So, does that mean VirtualDJ always treats maximized skins as 'resized', even if they fit the maximized area exactly?
No, if the skin has exactly the same resolution as your screen, then its not considered maximized (cpu consuming speaking)
djnanite wrote :
And does VirtualDJ require increasingly more CPU the more the skin is resized? Or does it use the same CPU regardless of how much it is resized?
And does VirtualDJ require increasingly more CPU the more the skin is resized? Or does it use the same CPU regardless of how much it is resized?
If the skin has not the same resolution with your screen, then it uses more CPU to achieve best graphics. Nothing to do if its too small or too big. What it matters is that it uses more CPU. The additional CPU consume depends on your computer specs and video card.
Posté Mon 16 Jul 12 @ 9:58 pm
Blulite
i know this is an old thread, but i need to drag this back up, ive just got me a new pc for my living room media centre,
intel i7 920 quad core 2.67ghz, 12gb corsair dominator ddr3, asus p6t deluxe mobo, geforce 9800 gtx 512 graphics card.
being that its in my living room, and im sat 10 feet away from the screen, i need to use the
150% text option in windows to be able to read anything from the sofa.
as it turns out..... ive now hit the same issue that was resolved here last year.
ive tried 125%, but the text is still too small to read from the sofa but vdj skins great
so
does anyone know of a work around that will enable me to keep the 150% text and also have vdj fit the screen???
thanks, john.
intel i7 920 quad core 2.67ghz, 12gb corsair dominator ddr3, asus p6t deluxe mobo, geforce 9800 gtx 512 graphics card.
being that its in my living room, and im sat 10 feet away from the screen, i need to use the
150% text option in windows to be able to read anything from the sofa.
as it turns out..... ive now hit the same issue that was resolved here last year.
ive tried 125%, but the text is still too small to read from the sofa but vdj skins great
so
does anyone know of a work around that will enable me to keep the 150% text and also have vdj fit the screen???
thanks, john.
Posté Thu 19 Sep 13 @ 2:21 pm
Blulite
never mind, ive got it sorted
just incase anyone else needs this to work, homage can be paid to djdad for his hd skins located here
http://www.virtualdj.com/addons/15354/VirtualDJ_7_%282_Decks%29_%28Browser_Resize%29_HD.html
thanks djdad... your the shyitt.....
(done in the jed sanders voice from cypress hills - dr greenthumb)
this even works when using a custom text dpi of 200% :)
thanks, john.
just incase anyone else needs this to work, homage can be paid to djdad for his hd skins located here
http://www.virtualdj.com/addons/15354/VirtualDJ_7_%282_Decks%29_%28Browser_Resize%29_HD.html
thanks djdad... your the shyitt.....
(done in the jed sanders voice from cypress hills - dr greenthumb)
this even works when using a custom text dpi of 200% :)
thanks, john.
Posté Thu 19 Sep 13 @ 2:32 pm