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Setting up screens
Driving one projector or several, deciding what each screen shows, and how the borrowed-screen behaviour works.
One screen, no setup
By default the app finds the first screen that is not the one your control window is on, and uses that. If you have a laptop and a projector, that is already right and there is nothing to configure.
More than one
Settings → Ecrane / Screens lists the screens being driven. Each row is one screen:
| Setting | What it means |
|---|---|
| Ecran | A specific display, or Automat — the first screen nothing else has taken |
| Ambele limbe | Both languages, one above the other |
| Doar prima / a doua limbă | One language alone |
| Sus | Which language goes on top, when both are shown |
Add a row for each extra screen. The main projector can show Romanian over English while a foyer screen shows English alone — from the same tap.
Every screen goes live together, and Esc hands them all back at once.
Two screens set to Automat will never land on the same display; each one is told which screens are already spoken for.
Borrowed, not occupied
Nothing is shown on any screen until you project. This is intentional and worth understanding, because it is different from most projection software:
- The app can sit open all service without owning the projector.
- Other content — a video, a slide from another program, the desktop — can use the same screen between readings, with nothing to minimise.
- There is no black slide. Either a verse is up, or the screen is free.
If the projector is not found
Press F5 to re-detect. If Windows only reports one screen, the desktop has not been extended: Win+P → Extend.
Some projectors drop off when they sleep. F5 after waking it is usually all that is needed.
Resolution
The output is drawn to fit whatever the screen is, so a 1024×768 projector and a 4K screen both get properly sized text. Text is fitted to the box every time the verse changes, so a long verse shrinks to fit rather than overflowing.