2011-06-11, 03:49
Sorry if this is covered in the wiki, I poked around for a short while but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for and I thought somebody here could probably answer this.
I haven't tried out XBMC yet, but it looks really promising and I wondered if someone can tell me whether it will support dual monitors like I am hoping.
Specifically, I want my laptop screen to show me the xbmc interface where I browse files/playlists and what not... and meanwhile the actual audio and video content xbmc is playing goes out through the HDMI without showing anything else going on. It'd also be great if I can hop around to other applications on the laptop screen without affecting the HDMI output, but that isn't totally critical. I am currently using Ubuntu 11.04 but I could just as easily use Windows if that makes any difference.
Thanks for the help!
I haven't tried out XBMC yet, but it looks really promising and I wondered if someone can tell me whether it will support dual monitors like I am hoping.
Specifically, I want my laptop screen to show me the xbmc interface where I browse files/playlists and what not... and meanwhile the actual audio and video content xbmc is playing goes out through the HDMI without showing anything else going on. It'd also be great if I can hop around to other applications on the laptop screen without affecting the HDMI output, but that isn't totally critical. I am currently using Ubuntu 11.04 but I could just as easily use Windows if that makes any difference.
Thanks for the help!