Needing to setup 3 displays

[explosive0]

Wanting to setup 3 displays from a computer running MediaShout 4 - 1 display to monitor, 1 to projector, and 1 to confidence monitor.

I'm having a hard time getting this to work. I have 2 video cards installed, both supporting 2 displays, but the computer only recognizes 1 card.

1 is PCI-E, and the other is PCI. Any ideas on what may be wrong? I spent quite a while being frustrated over this yesterday

[bpalermini]

Are you wanting to send the same signal to the three screens? If so you need one output of the program and then use a VGA splitter (active) to provide the three feeds. The second output is the control screen that needs to come out of the other output on the video card.

I don't know if you can send the same signal out of mulltiple video card outputs. That's not normally how it's done with MediaShout.

[chazman14]

What is a confidence monitor?

[bpalermini]

A monitor that can be seen from the stage for the worship leader and singers. gives them confidence that they are singing the right song

[chazman14]

Thats what I thought, but i have never heard it called that before. Thanks

[explosive0]

Originally Posted by bpalermini

Are you wanting to send the same signal to the three screens? If so you need one output of the program and then use a VGA splitter (active) to provide the three feeds. The second output is the control screen that needs to come out of the other output on the video card.

I don't know if you can send the same signal out of mulltiple video card outputs. That's not normally how it's done with MediaShout.

Same signal, but I believe on MediaShout 4, if you have up to 3 screens, it formats the screen for the confidence monitor as black background on white text, and automatically includes the first line of the next slide on the confidence monitor.

[Richard Tarr]

We had similar problems with mulitple video cards, we ended up with the monitor and main screen from the video card and then the confidence/stage feed coming from a USB external video card.

[explosive0]

Originally Posted by Richard Tarr

We had similar problems with mulitple video cards, we ended up with the monitor and main screen from the video card and then the confidence/stage feed coming from a USB external video card.

Never thought of this. USB video cards are even almost cheaper than PCI-E cards

Are you using this with MediaShout 4? If so, how's it working out?

[Richard Tarr]

We are using V4 and it is working fine. Ininitally we had minor problems but the updates have solved them.