Dual Monitor question

One to each output, Erik. I can't remember if nVidia included a "dongle" adapter or not with the 5600 for DVi. [Had one, cooked it in the "storm", and replaced it with the 5500]. Whether or not you need one depends on what you've got on the LCDs. The "dongles" are also at Best Buy. You've got to look hard, though: They're usually near the small "x-treme gamer modding" section, with the thermal paste, blue light tubing, and extra fans.

Then there's the configuration setup in software. You've got a lot of options (screen cloning; stretch across the two, etc.) to consider, but nVidia has a great thing going with that UDA idea. Once you're set up initially, it's smooth as silk. Check out all those nView options. HTH

Not much to add to b-rock in the tech area, but are both your LCD's VGA? Or is one VGA and one DVI? Some LCDs have both VGA and DVI. I have no way of knowing, but if you have two monitors that both have DVI, it would be silly to get a card (you DID say you needed to buy a new video card, right?) that has one VGA and one DVI. There are cards on the market that have TWO of the native inputs to match your LCDs. By all means, if you have DVI on both of your monitors, then get a card that has dual-DVI if you can afford it. Or, the other way around, why pay for DVI input if the output of your LCDs are both VGA.

There IS a card out there that will do what you need, might as well get native connection if you can.

WC

One to each output, Erik.

Ok. Sounds simple enough. One LCD will connect to the VGA output, the other LCD to the DVI. I'll need a VGA adapter for the one DVI output.

I suppose it's a good thing I don't have three I need to connect.

Not much to add to b-rock in the tech area, but are both your LCD's VGA?

Yes, both are VGA. Until today I had never heard of DVI. But then again I'm a musician, what do I know?

....I'd like to see if those Best Buy geeks no how to design a ring modulated arp pattern wave from nuthin' but a dinky old sine wave. Boy, I tell ya.....

Im selling my Viewsonic VA520 Flat Panel...if anyone is interested in a 2nd monitor to spread out your workspace window. Im in California USA

Since we have some experts here, I need a new dual-head PCI or PCI-e video card. I was very happy with my Matrox AGP, but no such slot in my new PC (and I thought I was future proofing). Nothing fancy, I just want my screen space back. I'm using 2 VGA 19 inch. Finally, I blew my wad on the computer, X-mas is coming for others since mine already came, and I'm a cheap bastard.

Any suggestions?

B-rock,

thanks for the thoughts. I was thinking PCI, although my video editor was, of course, saying that PCi would cause some jitter in redraws. Not that much of a problem for audio, and he's a mac guy anyway. Matrox would be great, since I had no problems with it, but I can go lower.

I'll look for one of the cheap ones - there hasn't been anything in the post thanksgiving circulars, except for the gaming cards. I guess I have to get off my can and go out there amongst the crazed shoppers. I should have gone ahead and got one at Fry's when I got my computer. Oh, how we suffer for our art.

ORIGINAL: Moog Foog

Im selling my Viewsonic VA520 Flat Panel...if anyone is interested in a 2nd monitor to spread out your workspace window. Im in California USA

I have one of these...great little 15" screen but I am thinking of upgrading to 17" or 19"...

how much do you want for it?

AT: I've been thinking of using a Sonar screen for a music video but didn't want the flicker you get when you shoot it.

I don't know if this will do what you want, but I've just started using a program called 'Camtasia' at work.
It's a screen-recorder-on-steroids designed for recording live presentations and making demo videos of computer software.

It records the video right off your screen, with no image degradation of flicker; has variable frame rate, has an editor for adding audio, transitions, video effects ..... the audio editor is nothing fancy (one track!) but you could do your basic video assembly in Camtasia and export an AVI or QuickTime to Sonar to add multiple audio tracks (which is what I'm going to do). IIRC, it can also handle recording an external video input (live camera) if you have the necessary hardware.
Oh, you capture video from a window, rectangular region or the whole screen -- and handles multi-monitor setups just fine.

So far, my impressions are very positive -- seems polished; excellent documentation (and tutorial videos - no surprise there!) and very easy to use. There's a 30-day fully-functional demo download available; street price is around $300.
My team is buying a copy next week. For what we want to do -- building demos and tutorials for a complex software system we're developing, and 'filming' bugs so we can send "smoking gun" evidence to our 'partner' teams in other locations -- Camtasia is perfect. Usual disclaimer: no commercial connection, YMMV, yada yada.

Camtasia: www.techsmith.com

- Jim

I've just started using a program called 'Camtasia' at work.

That's what Mojo uses. Looked like it was quite the program. Maybe Chris'll add to the fine points.

So I finally got them running. Turns out what I needed was a DVI-I male to VGA female adapter. 99 cents on ebay ($9.95 s&h). Gotta love ebay. Especially when you get the package and the actual shipping cost on the envelope was a buck and half.

ANYHOO...

My sheer joy and delight at seeing P5 in all it's glory on two monitors was like an early Christmas. You'd think I'd just won the lottery I was so darn giddy.

What I'd like to be able to do is have the editor on the right side and the arrange pane on the left. I can do it by resizing the two but I run into a problem when I try to resize the bottom edge of the editor, meaning I can't see it-it's hiden underneath the toolbar.

Does anyone have a quick fix for this or am I stuck? What ways do the dual monitor folks find they best utilize dual monitors?

Although it looks like I'll have to do it every time I open P5.

Float it, resize to taste, get everything just right (check it twice), and Save As Template.

Scary...that makes my skin craw

Phil's right. Check it 109 times instead, and look for a hidden loop anomaly around measure 83.

It's 5 AM, Phil, and I haven't been to sleep yet. Is +/-1 measure an excessive tolerance to give me, considering the circumstances?