Mame question

[(+_+)]

Does anybody know if there is a Mame switch that will allow you to select what monitor you'd like to run a game on if you have a dual monitor setup?

Thanks

[Beretta]

there is but im not sure exactly what it is since i've never used it.

check the mame.ini there are a bunch of video settings in there.

also you can do mame -showusage at the command line to spit out a bunch of configuration options.

this is probably what you want here..
"-numscreens          number of screens to create; usually, you want just one"

but there are more video options as well.

-screen              explicit name of all screens; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess
-aspect              aspect ratio for all screens; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess
-resolution          preferred resolution for all screens; format is <width>x<height>[@<refreshrate>] or 'auto'
-view                preferred view for all screens
-screen0             explicit name of the first screen; 'auto' here will try tomake a best guess
-aspect0             aspect ratio of the first screen; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess
-resolution0         preferred resolution of the first screen; format is <width>x<height>[@<refreshrate>] or 'auto'
-view0               preferred view for the first screen
-screen1             explicit name of the second screen; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess
-aspect1             aspect ratio of the second screen; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess
-resolution1         preferred resolution of the second screen; format is <width>x<height>[@<refreshrate>] or 'auto'
-view1               preferred view for the second screen
-screen2             explicit name of the third screen; 'auto' here will try tomake a best guess
-aspect2             aspect ratio of the third screen; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess
-resolution2         preferred resolution of the third screen; format is <width>x<height>[@<refreshrate>] or 'auto'
-view2               preferred view for the third screen
-screen3             explicit name of the fourth screen; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess
-aspect3             aspect ratio of the fourth screen; 'auto' here will try to make a best guess
-resolution3         preferred resolution of the fourth screen; format is <width>x<height> [@<refreshrate>] or 'auto'
-view3               preferred view for the fourth screen

[severdhed]

i did this a while back, but i forget how.  i dont have multiple monitors on my pc here at work, i'll try to look when i get home if i remember. 

[Burke LaShell]

I use this...
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=101&cp_id=10106&cs_id=1010602&p_id=246&seq=1&format=2
...to connect two PC (MAME and Jukebox) to the flatscreen monitor on the wall.

Would that work for you?

[Ginsu Victim]

^You've got the wrong idea.

[u_rebelscum]

Small note: if you enable -verbose, mame will output the name(s) of the monitor(s) used to the command line.  It'll be like the first or second line.

example of my work monitor:
Parsing mame.ini
Video: Monitor 00010001 = "\\.\DISPLAY1" (primary)
Direct3D: Using Direct3D 9 ...

Use this info with the -screen option(s).

[(+_+)]

u_rebelscum,

As in

mame galaga -screen \\.\DISPLAY2

I'm going to need this info for my next cab incarnation to work the way I'd like it to.

My Horizontal/Vertical Arcade/Pin Cab. It's in the mental design phase.

An exact command would be much appreciated.

Thanks

[garnerb350]

There has to be way...I guess, because they mamed Punchout(2 monitors) and Ninja warriors (that had 3 monitors) and i know there are more...