Can i independently maximize a window for example 3 different games, one on each screen? I usualy make interactive instalations and want to use the triple head on projectors.
@exmifrator - You can maximize to each screen. Going fullscreen might not work, though. Things like Firefox, bash shells, video players, and some image viewers go fullscreen to one monitor, so I can have one on each screen, but often if you try to play a game in fullscreen mode, it circumvents the window manager and goes full across all 3. However, if the game can be played in windowed mode, you can certainly maximize the window to just one screen, and do that with 3 at once, and one per screen.
Your script seems pretty complicated. I hacked this ZSH script together in a couple of minutes:
filmwall() { N=2 M=3 W=1440 H=900; for y in {1..$N}; do for x in {1..$M}; do urxvtcd -e mplayer -quiet -ao null -xy $((W/M)) -geometry $(((x-1)*W/M)):$(((y-1)*H/N)) $1 & shift; done; done
}
I only have 1 screen, but you should be able to add a third outer loop and use MPlayer's -xineramascreen.
@5uper3g0 - I'm just using a Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital Edition. It's a box Matrox makes that lets you plug in 3 monitors, and it plugs into one video card port. It's basically a big, expensive, triple-monitor plug splitter.
jomo - I'm not sure. I imagine so, somehow, but I've not done it, and can't think of anything off the top of my head as to how to do it. There is xwinwrap, which lets you replace the desktop with anything, including screensavers or playing movies, so that's a possibility. I've wanted to get that going for awhile, and did on one screen. I have a way to link the screens or unlink them now through hotkeys, so it should fill the background, but I've not yet tried it again since getting that going.
Thanks for taking my comment so graciously. :) I'm a coder myself, but in this case, I just wanted to see it in action. Codewise, I prefer to just read through them directly.
Again, kudos for the video and taking the comments with such grace. ^_^
zach galifianakis!
Also, care to link back to the reddit post? I'm curious what was in the conversation
trukin 11 months ago
Can i independently maximize a window for example 3 different games, one on each screen? I usualy make interactive instalations and want to use the triple head on projectors.
exmifrator 1 year ago
@exmifrator - You can maximize to each screen. Going fullscreen might not work, though. Things like Firefox, bash shells, video players, and some image viewers go fullscreen to one monitor, so I can have one on each screen, but often if you try to play a game in fullscreen mode, it circumvents the window manager and goes full across all 3. However, if the game can be played in windowed mode, you can certainly maximize the window to just one screen, and do that with 3 at once, and one per screen.
gfixler 1 year ago
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Your script seems pretty complicated. I hacked this ZSH script together in a couple of minutes:
filmwall() { N=2 M=3 W=1440 H=900; for y in {1..$N}; do for x in {1..$M}; do urxvtcd -e mplayer -quiet -ao null -xy $((W/M)) -geometry $(((x-1)*W/M)):$(((y-1)*H/N)) $1 & shift; done; done
}
I only have 1 screen, but you should be able to add a third outer loop and use MPlayer's -xineramascreen.
(Sorry, YouTube deletes the linebreaks.)
MiciahMasters 1 year ago
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MiciahMasters 1 year ago
Hi, I want a triple monitor setup on my linux box can you help me (I don't even know what kind of hw can support this).
Thanks a lot :)
5uper3g0 1 year ago
@5uper3g0 - I'm just using a Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital Edition. It's a box Matrox makes that lets you plug in 3 monitors, and it plugs into one video card port. It's basically a big, expensive, triple-monitor plug splitter.
gfixler 1 year ago
@gfixler tank you very much :)
5uper3g0 1 year ago
could you set this up for a live feed insted of a pre recoreded thing? and if so could you mix them?
jomo300 2 years ago
jomo - I'm not sure. I imagine so, somehow, but I've not done it, and can't think of anything off the top of my head as to how to do it. There is xwinwrap, which lets you replace the desktop with anything, including screensavers or playing movies, so that's a possibility. I've wanted to get that going for awhile, and did on one screen. I have a way to link the screens or unlink them now through hotkeys, so it should fill the background, but I've not yet tried it again since getting that going.
gfixler 2 years ago
Thanks!
varaon 2 years ago
Skip to 4min if you don't want him to start explaining his code.
Seriously ... I came here to see the script in action ... not listen to you rant about your code.
bummers 2 years ago
Sorry, bummers. Point taken. Next time I'll show off what a script does first, *then* ramble on for any interested parties who want an explanation.
gfixler 2 years ago
Thanks for taking my comment so graciously. :) I'm a coder myself, but in this case, I just wanted to see it in action. Codewise, I prefer to just read through them directly.
Again, kudos for the video and taking the comments with such grace. ^_^
bummers 2 years ago
Unless you did come here for that, so fuck you - for trying to rush those of us that learn how do do this for you.
sodalis 2 years ago
Unless you are a hot babe ... I'm not gonna let you do that! ... ;)
bummers 2 years ago
Very sweet!
sreustle 2 years ago
thats sick
frvfilms 2 years ago
Yeah. It's wine.
gfixler 2 years ago
Cool. Looks like a Steam icon in your upper-left screen. How are you calling that? Just WINE?
seinjunkie 2 years ago