Multiple screens fo MM.

ninjabreadman

@Mykle1 I know, but I figured as the author of MMM-Hello-Lucy you 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.

cowboysdude

I know about dueling banjos… don’t think that’ll help LOL

Mykle1

@ninjabreadman

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

tbbear

OOOO sorryyyy i didnt want a fight it was a misunderstanding my English :-(
I thought he wants multiple pages on ONE screen
my fault
sorry…

Joshrobbs1

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.

Mykle1

@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. :-)

Mykle1

@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.

ninjabreadman

@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.

hogedir

@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 ?

kayakbabe

@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.