General discussion • Re: Urgent Project Question

If it's truely urgent find someone near you who can help and be prepared to pay them.

That said...

Assumptions and requirements:

• You're using RPiOS or another Linux system that boots to the desktop.
• X11 not Wayland/Wayfire as I have no idea if this will work under Xwayland
• vlc is/will be running under the desktop
• vlc allows multiple instances
• vlc supports the standard -geometry argument to an X application. It may not so check the documentation. It may have its own version of this option.
• Your desktop is configured as a single desktop across all screens (what windows calls "extend desktop") and working with two monitors.
• Both monitors are the same resolution. Say width 1024, height 768 This isn't critical but you'll need to adjust accordingly.
• Monitors are arranged horizontally. Logically. Physical arragement doesn't matter. Again, not cirtical adjust as required.

The format is -geometry WxH+X+Y. Where W and H are the desired window width and height and X and Y are the cordinates of the top left corner of the window with the orgin being the top left of the entire desktop area.

So -geometry 1024x768+0+0 for the first vlc and -geometry 1024x768+768+0 for the second.

Untested with vlc so YMMV.

If you also need to know how to start vlc automatically you may wish to read my guide: Running A Program At Start Up A Beginner's Guide

Statistics: Posted by thagrol — Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:12 pm

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