well... i CAN move windows between the screens,
 even have windows half on one screen and half on the other
 (wich may be useful in some rare cases).

i use nvidia settings, configure the second monitor to "twinscreen".
graphics card: MSI GeForce 6600, 256 MB, two QXGA monitors (2048x1536).
so i wonder why it should not work in christians setup...

the only annoyance is that kaffeine would show up in double width
so the picture is totally distorted. the only workaround:
start kaffeine *before* switching to twinscreen...

for watching the output on a pal screen,
i connect an old tv set to the camcorder (analogue, 3 plugs)
and set cinelerra graphics driver to "ieee 1394" (firewire).

sure this this chain of devices may seem a bit cumbersome.
also, as soon as the framerate drops below 25fps, the picture looks buggy.
so the material must be rendered before this method makes sense.

actually i think a professional pipeline needs a for reference tv screen.
however the graphics card supports only two devices at a time.
and i never had the time to test with a second card.

cheers
georg



> Cinelerra works fine with 'normal' dual head setup and not xinerama.
> That is, one Xserver driving 2 (or more) independent displays.
> Advantages disadvantages:
>  + Displays can have very diffrent resolutions/color depths
>  + Almost all window managers handle it right
>  - You cant move windows between the screens
>  - Windows can't span screens
>
>
> Configured is it somewhat like following (xorg.conf):
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>     Identifier     "Default Layout"
>     Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>     Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
>     InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
>     InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
> EndSection
>
> Section "ServerFlags"
>     Option         "Xinerama" "0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier     "Monitor0"
>     VendorName     "Unknown"
>     ModelName      "Iiyama PLB2403WS"
>     HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
>     VertRefresh     56.0 - 76.0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>     Identifier     "Monitor1"
>     VendorName     "Unknown"
>     ModelName      "IQT L19T"
>     HorizSync       31.0 - 79.0
>     VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier     "Videocard0"
>     Driver         "nvidia"
>     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
>     BoardName      "GeForce 7300 GS"
>     BusID          "PCI:2:0:0"
>     Screen          0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>     Identifier     "Videocard1"
>     Driver         "nvidia"
>     VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
>     BoardName      "GeForce 7300 GS"
>     BusID          "PCI:2:0:0"
>     Screen          1
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier     "Screen0"
>     Device         "Videocard0"
>     Monitor        "Monitor0"
>     DefaultDepth    24
>     Option         "TwinView" "0"
>     Option         "metamodes" "DFP: 1920x1200 +0+0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>     Identifier     "Screen1"
>     Device         "Videocard1"
>     Monitor        "Monitor1"
>     DefaultDepth    24
>     Option         "TwinView" "0"
>     Option         "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
> EndSection
>
> Note that I used the the nvidia tool to set this up, but should be
> doable manually with other cards as well.
>
> After that you go to cinelerras preferences and change "Display for
> Compositor" to ":0.1" .. that is server 0, screen 1, restart cin and it
> should work.
>
> Alternatively it might be possible to start 2 xservers, but likely a
> waste of resources and not much easier to setup. Then you enter "Display
> for Compositor" to ":1" in cinelerras preferences.
>
> Btw anyone have a modeline to drive a 2nd screen in PAL mode? that would
> be interesting for Fullscreen editing ... or even make a 3rd screen
> which is then the 'S-Video' output of the graphic card driven in PAL.
> That should give exact video preview \o/.
>
>       Christian
>
> > --Herman Robak
> >
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