Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Multiple screens fo MM.
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@Mykle1 I know, but I figured as the author of
MMM-Hello-Lucyyou might be able to explain how (and if) it could help (because it wasn’t apparent to me). I only meant to mention you so that you got a notification; it definitely wasn’t meant to be accusatory. -
I know about dueling banjos… don’t think that’ll help LOL
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Heh, no worries ninja. :-)
Now, as far as the dual monitor setup is concerned, I think it’s asking a little too much from the Pi, which struggles under some ordinary circumstances
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OOOO sorryyyy i didnt want a fight it was a misunderstanding my English :-(
I thought he wants multiple pages on ONE screen
my fault
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Yes I️ guess what I️ meant wast different modules showing on different screens at the same time. For instance on the left monitor I️ would put time & date, & on a right monitor on the opposite side of the mirror I️ would have my weather etc. keeping all the info on the outer edges of a large 60”w x 36” H mirror. My idea is to run two monitors vertical on each side.
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@tbbear said in Multiple screens fo MM.:
OOOO sorryyyy i didnt want a fight
haha, there’s no fight. Everything is cool. Me, you, ninja, we’re all one happy forum family. :-)
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@Joshrobbs1 said in Multiple screens fo MM.:
My idea is to run two monitors vertical on each side.
I like the idea a lot. Please keep us posted. i am curious as to whether you experience any performance issues.
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@Joshrobbs1 Two monitors on each side, or one each/two total? You could run two completely separate mirror instances, or one instance (i.e. server) and hide the modules (via CSS) you don’t want displayed on each one.
I suggest using a Raspberry Pi Zero W to power one display, run a browser and connect to the other instance/server (or run an MM instance on the RPi Zero W). The server could be on a more powerful Raspberry Pi (3b) or some old laptop hardware. You would want to run the simpler, static modules (weather, time, calendar) on the RPi Zero W and the more demanding, processor-intensive modules (voice, video feeds, complex rendering) on the server.
I don’t know how MM feels about running two instances on the same machine – you’d need to set different ports, scripts, etc, but I imagine it’s possible with some reconfiguration to avoid collisions.
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@ninjabreadman Hi,
Now we have a rpi4B with 2 screens available, and i want to display on 2 screens the magic mirror.
is it possible with the version 2.20 ?
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@hogedir With a raspberry 4 you can have two displays. I’m thinking they can be set up as an extended desktop . Then it’s no big deal with the default magic mirror.
Top_left and top_right would end up being left and right…
I haven’t tried this with MM. But I have used my pi with two screens. But in my mind it ought to work with MM.
Just don’t use the middle_center or any position that would span across both monitors.
