Thread: Dual mode video output? GPS on one screen, DVD on other?

Originally Posted by Confused

AIMEE will allow you to open it's sections (GPS, audio, phone control, web, video/dvd etc) on seperate screens. I will be eventually having 2 screens in the dash (in my other car) one of which will be purely for GPS, the other for all the other stuff

Of course you'll need a graphics card that will allow you to have different things shown on different screens...AFAIK the onboard video on the Epia boards won't (well not that I've been able to do anyway)


Garry

I'm still waiting for AIMEE

how much have you done so far?

Originally Posted by john_draws

NIN do you think you could hook up a link to the program that lets you open apps in seperate screens every time..I was thinkin sumin along the same lines.

I'll tell you when I get back home i'm at work now

Originally Posted by john_draws

Another question, have you set up two sounds cards?
I wanted dvd to come threw the headphones as well while still being able to hear gps and mp3 and such

had to use it, just to damn funny

I do have it setup for testing what I was trying to do first off was run winamp on the second LCD screen and have the USB soundcard deicated for it but when i tried to make a frontend i had trouble getting video working right.

I'm sure i could make a skin to hide it I did get a plugin to automaticlly make winamp video window full screen when playing a movie file.

I was trying to have mp3 and video through winamp as it lets you select the soundcard and i couldnt find any video programs which let you select what soundcard to use.

I semi failed as i could get video to play but when finished it went back to winamp and not the frontend

Right now i'm using a second soundcard for D3 Vocal direction and having it installed in the headrest so my audio wont always go up and down when i'm using GPS

I got the idea of scouse monkey

john, you probably looking for a program called UltraMon, I use it at home on my dual 18" LCD setup, works great.

Originally Posted by john_draws

NIN

It sounds like we were trying the same thing with using a usb sound card i was using this http://www.xitel.com/product_hfl.htm and like you dedicating it to winamp as an input device. You can also do this with WMP but the problem i am having is that the front ends (frodoplayer, mediacar..ect) use the same programs for video as they do mp3 (am i right on this?) .

Well not corectly as Media Car did go through my second Soundcard but Video module doesn't use Winamp so it still uses the onboard audio as the output for the movies.

If i can get winamp 5 to stay hidden in the systray after a movie has played i'd be ok.

I have to use winamp 5 cause the plugin for Fullscreen video when played only works on version 5

Originally Posted by john_draws

So I was thinkin i could use like a diff video program probably zoomplayer as i think you can pick audio source in it like Winamp.

And either
1. Dedicate the usb to winamp (mediacar, roadrunner) and this goes
to the car speakers. Everything else like gps, movies, games ect
goes threw the headrest speakers (funny you said headrest
speakers I have had some in my headrest for about a year for my
xbox)..and they are coming from the onboard sound (m1000).
Then when you plug in the headphones to watch a movie or play
games The driver can still hear the music but no gps outloud so
who ever has the headphones has tell ya when to turn.

When i drive i dont want to hear or really see the movie or games
as I am driving and i want my tunes. I want it be driver friendly

2. i guess you could use the onboard sound for everything main and
then dedicate the usb to video but then ur navi is competing with
your music.

Well To combat this I was gonna have 2 winamps open 1 for D3 voices and other for my Music both playing on the same audio card while i disable the main audio from the car so the back seat users can use the onboard sound.

I'll see if i can mess with winamp some more and see get it to stop popping up after video is played. I guess making a plugin to close winamp after the movie is finished would fix it

Originally Posted by john_draws

Anyway I apreciate the heads up from everyone in this thread and I am looking forward to A.I.M.E.E, there are so many top notch front ends I dont know what i want to use. So to all you workin hard to make my life easier THANK YOU.

No problems

Originally Posted by john_draws

Oh ya NIN^^ ya just hit up that program when you get a chance much appreciated....The video card im using an nvidia pci dual monitor and s-video
but as you know cloning and screen stretch doesnt help me out...I could have sworn i saw something in the settings of the driver that you could force programs to open on a certian screen...

Long post sorry so im out
ps would love to work these 2 problems out

No problems i'll tell you when I get home

Originally Posted by dodgetimes2

john, you probably looking for a program called UltraMon, I use it at home on my dual 18" LCD setup, works great.

UltraMon isn't the program i'm talking about....well I don't think so it probably is i'll find out later tonight

wow. I just downloaded the ultramon program and I am in love with you for showing it to me. This is going to make my setup so much more amazing

just a thought but, could i get my laptop setup to do the same thing, ie have one thing displayed on the laptop and another on the touchscreen plugged into the vga output? or even better, set it up so all the stuff shows through the vga output and the nav through the tv out so i can select using the source on my touchscreen?

Hey sorry i forgot about but

I got a adapter so i can use the carpc in the house and i Did a test on my MII6000E

I'm using the standard Onboard video for my dual screen

I set the VGA as screen 1 and Video out (composite) as screen 2

Then i set Mediacar on the first screen and had mp3 and d3 GPS going at the same time.

I then opened 3 winamp windows on the second monitor (the composite LCD) and had them all running and i didn't see ANY slowdown at all

And my board is a 600mhz Fanless Mini ITX

All stock to no addon video card or anything and it ran great

I even had usb speakers plugged in and had the 3 winamps output to them it was good

Also ultramon was the program sorry dodgetimes2 was right