How to show the output preview on an separate display

[mfo]

Hey Resolumers

I'm currently playing around with a DisplayLink (displaylink.com) adapter which enables me to attach an extra monitor to my notebook. Now I can move the Resolume interface there and would like to use my main Notebook display just as a preview of the output.

Is it possible to undock (or mirror) the output preview from the GUI and show it (fullscreen?!) on an separate display?

Best,
Marcel // MFO

[Joris]

You cannot 'undock' the output preview window. I'm not quite sure how your set up is exactly, but maybe going fullscreen on display 2 does the trick for you?

[mfo]

Can I go fullscreen on two displays simutaneously? Even if those two have different aspect ratios?? (Dont think so..)

My setup consists of three displays:
The notebook main display - I would want to use that for preview
The extended display via DisplayLink - this is a touchscreen I want to use for Resolume's interface
The notebook output - there is a TripleHead2go attached (or a direct connection to the projector

[edwin]

You can use the advanced screen setup in this case.
This enables you to activate multiple screens and also pick a region of the composition you want to display.
So make one big composition and select the parts you want to send to the different screens.

[mfo]

Okay, I gave it a short test at home and it was generally working (but had some difficulties with scale/positioning). On monday I'm back in the office and I'll give it a try on my "extended notebook". If it works -- wow, that would be super cool!!

[ridiculoid]

Hi mfo,

Have you had any issues with your DisplayLink adapter not showing the preview/live mixes? If so, interested to hear any solutions, I just can't get it to work.

[mfo]

I had issues initially. But after registering for their beta drivers forum (http://www.displaylink.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=12), I could download the latest beta drivers (5.4b1). Those are working fine for me. (win7 pro 64bit)

[mfo]

Today I did an intense test - and it works! Yeah!!
* Resolume interface on a touchscreen, driven by the DisplayLink adapter. (Hoooray, clip triggering is so much better now!)
* Output through TH2go on 3 projectors.
* And preview on my notebook display. (Setup through Advanced Display Settings as Edwin suggested. I just had to go into window mode, as fullscreen changed the aspect ratio)

[COcis]

Here some clues on how displaylink devices are working:

http://support.displaylink.com/knowledg ... th-display
http://support.displaylink.com/knowledg ... k-displays