I'm developing an application that utilizes 2 screens, using ubuntu 12.04. The monitor is back to back, one side to the operator, the other facing toward customer.
The problem is, on both monitor i need to play the exact same video using mplayer, BUT on the first screen, by the admin, i also need to display a small window (my app) to control the video, like play pause etc. The control is for video on both screen. So for this, i dont think i can use clone monitor setting because the second screen is only use to display the video playing.
My question is,
- Does mplayer has the ability to duplicate video playing on both screen?
- If no 1 is not applicable, does any application exists on ubuntu to capture and display whatever is displayed on second screen to be then played back on the first, at realtime as of it is duplicated.
- If both above sounds crazy and impossible, any suggestions please?
Edit: Let me give a better picture. Let say i'm opening openoffice word and calculator. I need word to be shown on both screen, but the calculator on shown on first screen.
Thank you.