# \#screen

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## [Screen calibration not applied if full screen display](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/screen-calibration-not-applied-if-full-screen-display/47950)

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**Author:** [@Raspail](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Raspail)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 11:09am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/screen-calibration-not-applied-if-full-screen-display/47950 "2026-09-25T11:09:40Z")

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OS (e.g. Win10): Win11 PsychoPy version (e.g. 2024.2.4 Py 3.8): 2026.2.3 Standard Standalone Installation? (y/n) If not then what?: y Do you want it to also run online? (y/n): n What are you trying to achieve?: EIZO…

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## ["Dancing" Keyboard Problem when accessing pyschpy textbox on Android devices](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/dancing-keyboard-problem-when-accessing-pyschpy-textbox-on-android-devices/34457)

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**Author:** [@Tay\_Swift](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Tay_Swift)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/dancing-keyboard-problem-when-accessing-pyschpy-textbox-on-android-devices/34457 "2026-09-18T19:32:45Z")

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URL of the experiment: untitled \[PsychoPy\] Description of the problem: For the last month, my team and I have been facing this flickering keyboard problem (which we now call the “dancing” keyboard problem in…

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## [Making Gabors Appear when Mouse is Clicked Anywhere on Screen](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/making-gabors-appear-when-mouse-is-clicked-anywhere-on-screen/47790)

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**Author:** [@lilih](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/lilih)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/making-gabors-appear-when-mouse-is-clicked-anywhere-on-screen/47790 "2026-08-31T17:33:35Z")

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Hello everyone! I am reaching out for help on how to make shapes appear by clicking the mouse. I previously got help making this happen while clicking within a previously generated shape, but now I want to make the sha…

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## [UnboundLocalError: local variable 'watching' referenced before assignment](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/unboundlocalerror-local-variable-watching-referenced-before-assignment/47563)

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**Author:** [@Dzhaner\_Emilov\_Stefa](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Dzhaner_Emilov_Stefa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/unboundlocalerror-local-variable-watching-referenced-before-assignment/47563 "2026-07-27T13:57:48Z")

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If this template helps then use it. If not then just delete and start from scratch. OS (e.g. Win10): PsychoPy version (e.g. 2026.1.3): Standard Standalone Installation? (y/n) yes Do you want it to also run online? (y…

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## [Issue with scaling pixel coordinates to norm](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/issue-with-scaling-pixel-coordinates-to-norm/47142)

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**Author:** [@Nathan1](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Nathan1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/issue-with-scaling-pixel-coordinates-to-norm/47142 "2026-05-17T22:01:16Z")

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OS (e.g. Win11 Enterprise): PsychoPy version (e.g. 2026.1.3 Py 3.8): Standard Standalone Installation? (y): Do you want it to also run online? (y): What are you trying to achieve? I am trying to present two images s…

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## [Exp with Movie stimuli on Pavlovia does not start in the iPad](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/exp-with-movie-stimuli-on-pavlovia-does-not-start-in-the-ipad/47018)

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**Author:** [@lara112534](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/lara112534)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/exp-with-movie-stimuli-on-pavlovia-does-not-start-in-the-ipad/47018 "2026-04-23T08:38:37Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to run an experiment from Pavlovia on my iPad Air (2025). The experiment starts with a routine with a full-screen video, which should start only after the screen is clicked. Then, the experiment continues…

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## [File corruption error in 2025 ver](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/file-corruption-error-in-2025-ver/46983)

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**Author:** [@Pravallika](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Pravallika)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2026, 7:24am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/file-corruption-error-in-2025-ver/46983 "2026-04-20T07:24:45Z")

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My question is regarding Psychopy’s new version, if we open an experiment file again & again it caused the whole file to go corrupted in old version, will there be any changes in this error in the new ver.?

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## [psychopy.visual.rect.Rect().contains only works if screen is continuosly flipped](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-visual-rect-rect-contains-only-works-if-screen-is-continuosly-flipped/46906)

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**Author:** [@Jpimien](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Jpimien)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-visual-rect-rect-contains-only-works-if-screen-is-continuosly-flipped/46906 "2026-03-31T17:10:38Z")

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Hello, Everyone. I an new to the psychopy community, I was previously writing tasks in Psychtoolbox and now I am transitioning to Psychopy to run my visual experiments. I wrote a simple gaze contingent task and I used …

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## [Black screen showed in Pavlovia](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/black-screen-showed-in-pavlovia/46599)

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**Author:** [@zijzhong](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/zijzhong)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/black-screen-showed-in-pavlovia/46599 "2026-02-15T23:58:01Z")

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If this template helps then use it. If not then just delete and start from scratch. OS (e.g. Win10): macOS Ventura PsychoPy version (e.g. 2024.2.4 Py 3.8): 2025.2.4 Standard Standalone Installation? (y/n) If not then…

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## [Error in Pavlovia: the color components should all belong to \[-1, 1\] - can't find the origin of the mistake](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/error-in-pavlovia-the-color-components-should-all-belong-to-1-1-cant-find-the-origin-of-the-mistake/46594)

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**Author:** [@timoleonard](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/timoleonard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/error-in-pavlovia-the-color-components-should-all-belong-to-1-1-cant-find-the-origin-of-the-mistake/46594 "2026-02-15T11:14:41Z")

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If this template helps then use it. If not then just delete and start from scratch. OS (e.g. Win10): Sonoma 14.2.1 PsychoPy version (e.g. 2024.2.4 Py 3.8): 2025.2.4beta Standard Standalone Installation? (y/n) If not…

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## [Window freezes when running on secondary monitor](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/window-freezes-when-running-on-secondary-monitor/38215)

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**Author:** [@tillhabersetzer](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/tillhabersetzer)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/window-freezes-when-running-on-secondary-monitor/38215 "2026-02-13T15:14:49Z")

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Dear PsychoPy Community, Recently, we encountered the issue where a window couldn’t be successfully opened on a non-primary monitor. Your suggested solution (Window freezes when running with multiple screens), which inv…

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## [Inverted color palette](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/inverted-color-palette/46518)

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**Author:** [@Till\_Kempf](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Till_Kempf)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/inverted-color-palette/46518 "2026-02-13T14:43:42Z")

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OS (Win11): PsychoPy version (2025.2.4): Standard Standalone Installation Hello, I don’t know if this was mentioned before but I just noticed that in the latest version (2025.2.4) the background colors are displayed …

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## [Using Coder to display stimuli larger than the window size](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/using-coder-to-display-stimuli-larger-than-the-window-size/46505)

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**Author:** [@girishk\_007](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/girishk_007)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2026, 8:36am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/using-coder-to-display-stimuli-larger-than-the-window-size/46505 "2026-01-30T08:36:55Z")

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Hello everyone I am relatively new to the use of PsychoPy. I am using a Raspberry Pi model 4 for my experiments. Builder does not work consistently. It crashes quite a lot, which is why I am stuck using the Coder interf…

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## [How to display Bengali font for visual experiment](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/how-to-display-bengali-font-for-visual-experiment/36168)

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**Author:** [@PijushKanti\_Gayen](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/PijushKanti_Gayen)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/how-to-display-bengali-font-for-visual-experiment/36168 "2026-01-20T11:02:22Z")

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The Bengali font is not working in PsychoPy. I am using the latest version (2023.2.1). I want to perform a visual experiments where Bengali sentences will appear. Help me how to do it. I already tried one thing - that I …

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## [A buffer in the beginning of a video](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/a-buffer-in-the-beginning-of-a-video/46278)

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**Author:** [@Sun\_Ofek](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Sun_Ofek)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/a-buffer-in-the-beginning-of-a-video/46278 "2026-01-15T12:54:38Z")

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OS (e.g. Win10): win11 PsychoPy version (e.g. 2024.2.4 Py 3.8): v2025.2.3 Standard Standalone Installation? Y Do you want it to also run online? N What are you trying to achieve?: I have 8 videos in a random order, a…

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## [Blank screen before exp](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/blank-screen-before-exp/46133)

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**Author:** [@masher10](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/masher10)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/blank-screen-before-exp/46133 "2025-12-03T20:34:03Z")

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Hello! My online experiment is completely functional, but it shows a blank screen for 5-30 seconds prior to starting the experiment. I initially thought this was the Resource Manager, but when I added text to the block, …

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## [Videoclips don't appear in Psychopy v2025.1.1](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/videoclips-dont-appear-in-psychopy-v2025-1-1/46082)

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**Author:** [@Joana\_Lopez\_Pigui](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Joana_Lopez_Pigui)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/videoclips-dont-appear-in-psychopy-v2025-1-1/46082 "2025-12-02T09:03:20Z")

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Hello everyone, So I am trying to show in Psychopy a loop of different videoclips (format .mp4 without sound). So I created the routine, put a blank after each videoclip, and created the loop with the folder and the exc…

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## [Pavlovia display issues](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/pavlovia-display-issues/45779)

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**Author:** [@AMAlab](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/AMAlab)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/pavlovia-display-issues/45779 "2025-11-13T18:28:58Z")

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We have been running an experiment on Pavlovia. We are screensharing with the participant through Microsoft Teams and allowing them to control our mouse to do the task. We are doing that because in part we need to see th…

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## [Routine doesn't advance after mouse/slider response, forced end of routine enabled, duration fixed](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/routine-doesnt-advance-after-mouse-slider-response-forced-end-of-routine-enabled-duration-fixed/45887)

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**Author:** [@Avisha\_Avisha](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Avisha_Avisha)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/routine-doesnt-advance-after-mouse-slider-response-forced-end-of-routine-enabled-duration-fixed/45887 "2025-11-05T20:47:17Z")

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OS: macOS Tahoe 26.01. (Pro, M3 chip) PsychoPy version: 2024.2.4 Python v 3.10.11 Standard Standalone Installation? yes URL of experiment: https://run.pavlovia.org/avisha/goal\_memory\_v2 Do you want it to also run loc…

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## [Multicoloured Text Stimuli](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/multicoloured-text-stimuli/3451)

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**Author:** [@SarahMac](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/SarahMac)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/multicoloured-text-stimuli/3451 "2025-10-29T09:55:34Z")

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Hello everyone! I am trying to create multicoloured text stimuli in PsychoPy and I’m wondering if anyone has any insights into how this might be done? Thanks! Sarah

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## [Psychopy Scroll Function](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-scroll-function/45900)

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**Author:** [@Yiyun\_Zhang](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Yiyun_Zhang)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/psychopy-scroll-function/45900 "2025-10-25T22:10:38Z")

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Hi, I want to know if I can add a scroll function available in Psychopy. I have a long image and does not want to spilt into different routine. Is there a way for the participant to scroll and view the whole picture with…

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## [Codes for fMRI tasks](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/codes-for-fmri-tasks/45762)

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**Author:** [@Jersey\_Castillo](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Jersey_Castillo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/codes-for-fmri-tasks/45762 "2025-10-23T22:50:33Z")

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I’m super new to psychopy, but I’m trying to find/write codes for a few basic fMRI tasks. I’m wondering if anyone knows codes or a place to find them for tasks that involve displaying pictures or being show descriptive w…

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## [Cannot figure out why I'm getting a white screen](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/cannot-figure-out-why-im-getting-a-white-screen/45841)

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**Author:** [@Humaira\_Aroos](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Humaira_Aroos)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/cannot-figure-out-why-im-getting-a-white-screen/45841 "2025-10-23T04:05:56Z")

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lavie2007\_replication.psyexp (99.2 KB) OS: Win10 PsychoPy version: 2024.2.4 I’ve been trying to run an experiment, but I can’t figure out where I was going wrong. First it said that it can’t reach the image locations,…

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## [Alignment issue for welcome instructions text of the psychology experiment](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/alignment-issue-for-welcome-instructions-text-of-the-psychology-experiment/45843)

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**Author:** [@Sakina\_Ali](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/Sakina_Ali)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/alignment-issue-for-welcome-instructions-text-of-the-psychology-experiment/45843 "2025-10-21T12:45:55Z")

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OS ( Win11): PsychoPy version (Psychopy v2023.2.1): Standard Standalone Installation? (Yes) Do you want it to also run online? (No) What are you trying to achieve?: I want my welcome instructions to be left-aligned,…

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## [Screen record participant response in PsychoPy?](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/screen-record-participant-response-in-psychopy/26628)

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**Author:** [@dhhewitt](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/dhhewitt)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/screen-record-participant-response-in-psychopy/26628 "2025-10-20T15:24:03Z")

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Win10, PsychoPy version 2021.2.3, standard standalone I’m trying to do a usability study using an eye-tracker and am having a difficult time figuring out how to use PsychoPy to record the participant’s screen. It’s an i…

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## [Stimulus not visible in getMovieFrame screen capture although status is STARTED](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/stimulus-not-visible-in-getmovieframe-screen-capture-although-status-is-started/45745)

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**Author:** [@valsecchimat](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/valsecchimat)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/stimulus-not-visible-in-getmovieframe-screen-capture-although-status-is-started/45745 "2025-10-03T12:06:18Z")

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OS (e.g. Win10): WIN10 PsychoPy version :2025.1.1 Standard Standalone Installation? (y) Notice the monitor runs at 120hz as tested by psychopy Do you want it to also run online? (n) What are you trying to achieve?: I…

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## [Add white noise to entire screen](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/add-white-noise-to-entire-screen/43483)

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**Author:** [@itsdfish](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/itsdfish)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/add-white-noise-to-entire-screen/43483 "2025-09-17T11:18:31Z")

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Hello, I am creating an experiment that presents a variable number of shapes and would like to add static white noise on the entire screen, including during the inter-stimulus interval. I looked at a few other threads, …

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## ["frameRate" value and presentation timing accuracies in online experiments with PsychoPy Builder](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/framerate-value-and-presentation-timing-accuracies-in-online-experiments-with-psychopy-builder/43095)

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**Author:** [@dsingh](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/dsingh)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/framerate-value-and-presentation-timing-accuracies-in-online-experiments-with-psychopy-builder/43095 "2025-09-10T05:13:57Z")

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Hi, I am in the process of developing an online experiment in which I am hoping to present images with sub-50ms stimulus-on-screen timings. I know that specifying the duration of presentation in ms is somewhat meaningle…

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## [Mouse cursor centering fails on external extended display with MacOS](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/mouse-cursor-centering-fails-on-external-extended-display-with-macos/45557)

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**Author:** [@mira123](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/mira123)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/mouse-cursor-centering-fails-on-external-extended-display-with-macos/45557 "2025-09-09T12:42:34Z")

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Hi there, I am creating an offline experiment via the Coder with Psychopy v2024.2.4 and have difficulties with fixing the mouse cursor to start from the screen center whenever a new screen appears. I need this to work on…

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## [Text formatting in the text component](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/text-formatting-in-the-text-component/45470)

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**Author:** [@anna\_g](https://discourse.psychopy.org/u/anna_g)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/text-formatting-in-the-text-component/45470 "2025-08-27T17:08:52Z")

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I am very new to Psychopy. I added a questioner through the text component and an excel. Standard. However, one of my questions is weirdly formatted, in a way that the last word is way below the rest of the sentence (se…

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