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Mac Mini - Output to 2 Displays? - fugueness - 2009-08-26
I just picked up a 2009 Mac Mini to run XBMC. I have it hooked up to an LCD monitor as well as a 1080p projector.
I have the displays set to "mirrored" in the Mac OS display settings. The projector is hooked up to an Integra DTC 9.8 pre/pro.
Is there any way to output 480p from the Mac Mini, so that the Integra upscales to 1080p before reaching the projector?
My guess is that the Integra would do a much better job upscaling than the Mac Mini with its Silicon Optix Reon.
- fugueness - 2009-08-26
One thing I noticed is that I don't have an option under
Settings > Video > Player
for setting a resolution, as it shows here:
http://www.xbmc.org/wiki/?title=Videos_Settings#Player
Is that disabled in the OS X version? Is the only option in
Settings > Appearance > Screen ? That's a global setting though, and I would like to be able to set output resolution during playback independently from the GUI.
- garyi - 2009-08-26
Hi there, was wondering why you are running mirrored?
- rufrothy - 2009-08-28
What would you suggest Gary?
- garyi - 2009-08-28
Well I was just wondering why running mirrored, all I could think of was a touch screen display to control it perhaps?
Otherwise I would suggest that running spanned is the best way to go, that way XBMC can be running all the time and you can do other tasks on the other screen.
I have a TV with two connections coming from the mini, that way I can VNC into the mini and work with other apps whilst it displays XBMC.
- jayhawk785 - 2009-09-01
Why would you output 480p from the mac... are you playing strictly 480p content (DVD)? The mac isn't up-scaling if it's outputting native resolution of 1080p.
Most everything I watch is 720-1080, so I didnt even consider "upscaling" via another pre/pro.