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Second Monitor for Controls/Marquee
« on: September 04, 2014, 01:23:52 pm »
Hey,
I got my Hands on a 25:5 aspect ratio monitor i want to use as a dynamic marquee.
It appears on Windows as a second monitor with a res of 1280x800, while having only approx 1280x340 px.

Do you now any software to display a picture on second screen in FullScreen i could launch via command line?

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Re: Second Monitor for Controls/Marquee
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2014, 01:46:13 pm »
Check out the Marvel Vs. Capcom: Revolution version 2.0 and Blip threads.

Marquee Magician and MAME Hooker are possible software options.

Several sources for fairly-high res marquees:

*  MAMELayPlus has a number of them here.

*  Arcade Artwork has some here -- not as many, but higher res than MAMELayPlus.



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