Dual Monitor Issue

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Dual Monitor Issue

Erikcb91 opened this issue a year ago · comments

Hi, i'm trying to set up two different profiles on two different monitors, the thing is i created the zones and profiles are working properly, but as soon as i switch from the main monitor profile to the second monitor profile the lights just turn off and i have to restart the program so it captures the second monitor otherwise it's just turned off.

There is no problem on switching profiles, it works as it should, it's just the lights turn off, i tried both capturing methods, i tried DXhook and i don't know what else to do.

I don't think this is important, but the led strip is on my main monitor, there is no leds on my second, i just want the leds on my main monitor to light when i load the second monitor profile.

Hope anyone knows how to fix this, it's not a huge issue, but it's really annoying having to close the program and re open it every time i want to switch the profiles.

Thanks

Patrick · Answer 1 · Sun Aug 06 2023 21:02:26 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Sorry I don't follow your description. You have LEDs only on one monitor, so what does the second profile do?

What is the "second monitor profile"? Are all monitors connected all the time? What does "switch from the main monitor profile to the second monitor profile" mean if you have LEDs only one the main monitor?

Erikcb91 · Answer 2 · Tue Aug 08 2023 02:26:47 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

With second monitor profile i mean a profile that captures the image on the second monitor, instead of on my main one

tarios · Answer 3 · Fri Jan 26 2024 02:33:56 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Hi, I want to ask, is it possible to have, two LEDs, on two monitors? how then I should use the program?, Can I set in profile which monitor should be used or can I run two instances of program?
thanks

Patrick · Answer 4 · Sat Feb 10 2024 18:52:01 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

#280 has a discussion about this. You can wire both monitor's LEDs on one device, or, if you have two devices that are not Lightpacks (or compatible) you can run two instances of it using --config-dir option

tarios · Answer 5 · Sun Feb 11 2024 19:56:38 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thank you for answering my question, I would like to ask one more questions if you don't mind. There is no support for ubuntu? I can not run it. It always crashes. There is no support for Android too? I want to make Ambilight for NVIDIA SHIELD TV Pro, or maybe you can advise, to me if there is some option to have ambilight from HDMI source I asked on insanelight.de web page but I have no answer, what should I buy when I want Ambilight on TV from 4k player with hdmi output. thanks Miro.

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Patrick · Answer 6 · Sat Apr 13 2024 02:35:28 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Sorry, I missed this.

I haven't tested it on Ubuntu but in theory it should work. Is there something being written to the log file?

No, screen grabbing on Android works completely different. There are hardware solutions that you can plug into HDMI that will do what you want, or complicated setups using HDMI capture cards, but not sure that's worth the effort.