How to split one video in 2 screens?

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How to split one video in 2 screens?

Hello,

I have been trying to do this for a while but I can't find the way. Hopefully someone here will know how.

I want to be able to split one movie in 2 screens. The movie is panoramic format (1440 x 480). I have done it in the past but using DVD players and a syncronizer, which is complicated and expensive.

Using a computer, what tipically happens is that, for instance using QT, it asks you to use one or another screen, but it won't play in both.

An example of what I mean can be found here (first image on the top):

http://www.digitaltigers.com/dual-monitors.shtml

This is easy with a picture, I would like to do the same with video. I have contacted that company and they advised me to talk to Apple saying is probably an issue with the video card.

I heard there is video cards for PC that will do it, does anyone knows of a card for the Mac?

Thanks

Mac Pro 2.66 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Jan 25, 2007 1:30 PM

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Answer 1

Jan 25, 2007 1:49 PM in response to carlosMac

If you play the video with VLC (Video LAN Client) just drag the window so half is on each monitor.

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Jan 25, 2007 2:00 PM in response to Malcolm Rayfield

Thanks for your reply, I could also do that with QT, but doesn't solve my problem, since I want to "present" the movie, I mean to see only the movie and not the video player window, once you try to do this, it will ask you to choose 1 screen only.

Also, ideally I would like to connect 2 video proyectors to the computer and run the video in 2 screens.

So I think is a hardware issue, a card able to do that.

Thanks

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Jan 25, 2007 2:57 PM in response to carlosMac

You can zoom the screen with Control + Scroll-wheel to eliminate the window borders when not in full-screen mode.

VLC also has an Image Wall mode that sounds like what you want, but I can't find much information about it. It may have to be run in terminal mode.

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Jan 25, 2007 3:17 PM in response to Malcolm Rayfield

I will play with it and see what can get, but I don't think this will solve my problem.

This is for an art video installation, for a video that will run for hours, so I need something very stable.

Thanks for your help.

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Jan 25, 2007 4:04 PM in response to carlosMac

Also, ideally I would like to connect 2 video
projectors to the computer and run the video in 2
screens.

If the projectors have VGA inputs you can use the Matrox DualHead2Go
<http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gxm/products/dh2go/home.php>
It will make the two projectors appear to the computer as one wide screen projector. You connect it to the computer's DVI port with a DVI to VGA adapter.
If the projectors are set to 1024 x 768, the computer will see a 2048 x 768 display.

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