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LED screens are usually visible in Windows as regular monitors and have resolution like 800X600PX.

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The picture from video above is 3200 x 96px and represents a pre-manufactured content where each ICC logo can
be a different vendor. It can be scaled with the CombinedOutput, but other way is to scale it with the VideoWindow.

 

 

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Configure ScreenController

Got to the ScreenController settings and change vide format to Custom at 3.200 x 96 at 50fps,
For the purpose of the tutorial, change background to white or color bars. 

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Configure VideoWindows

Go to the VideoWindow settings and press add button to create new video window.
Window position can be changed either by changing values in settings or moving selected window.

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Create first VideoWindow and set the source to the Main ScreenController. Main ScreenController
should be 3200 X 96px.

Change window width and crop width to 1280.

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Press copy button and copy window two times.

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Change values to match the following table.

Name

X

Y

Width

Height

Start X

Start Y

Crop width

Crop Height

Window 1

0

0

1280

96

0

0

1280

96

Window 2

0

96

1280

96

1280

0

1280

96

Window 3

0

192

640

96

2560

0

640

96

Note that last Window 3 has less content that fit on the whole row. Both width and crop width are set to the remaining content width. 

Add files

Close settings window, go to the playlist and add file with the format of 3200 x 96px and loop it.

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Start playback.


The result, with the borders enabled will look like that:

 

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