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	Here's an example. http://~~i52~~.tinypic.com/~~fkof90~~.png On my left monitor I'm using the ThinWindows method. On my right monitor I've got the mosaic out of the wizard in the HTML interface. The gigantic left-side start menu is just there to keep everything 4:3 for the purpose of comparison. I figured that'd be easier than comparing a 4-vid wall to a 6-vid wall.		Here's an example. http://i53.tinypic.com/2pytb0j.png On my left monitor I'm using the ThinWindows method. On my right monitor I've got the mosaic out of the wizard in the HTML interface. The gigantic left-side start menu is just there to keep everything 4:3 for the purpose of comparison. I figured that'd be easier than comparing a 4-vid wall to a 6-vid wall.

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2011-08-03T15:32:23Z

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	3. If you know your way around Windows Appearance settings, you should be looking at a grid of videos with a reasonably low amount of padding. If you're running a playlist with multiple video resolutions, make sure to set the video to scale itself to the player, and not the other way around.		3. If you know your way around Windows Appearance settings, you should be looking at a grid of videos with a reasonably low amount of padding. If you're running a playlist with multiple video resolutions, make sure to set the video to scale itself to the player, and not the other way around.


			Here's an example. http://i52.tinypic.com/fkof90.png On my left monitor I'm using the ThinWindows method. On my right monitor I've got the mosaic out of the wizard in the HTML interface. The gigantic left-side start menu is just there to keep everything 4:3 for the purpose of comparison. I figured that'd be easier than comparing a 4-vid wall to a 6-vid wall.

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2011-08-03T15:10:45Z

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	P.S. If you're really a stickler for padding, you can pull the bottom of an upper window over the title bar of a lower window. But if you feel the urge to do that, you probably didn't make your title bars small enough.		P.S. If you're really a stickler for padding, you can pull the bottom of an upper window over the title bar of a lower window. But if you feel the urge to do that, you probably didn't make your title bars small enough.

	P.P.S. - At risk of stating the obvious, ~~remember, MINIMAL VIEW IS YOUR FRIEND~~.		P.P.S. - At risk of stating the obvious, don't forget to start up your player(s) in minimal view.

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2011-08-03T15:08:38Z

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	P.S. If you're really a stickler for padding, you can pull the bottom of an upper window over the title bar of a lower window. But if you feel the urge to do that, you probably didn't make your title bars small enough.		P.S. If you're really a stickler for padding, you can pull the bottom of an upper window over the title bar of a lower window. But if you feel the urge to do that, you probably didn't make your title bars small enough.

			P.P.S. - At risk of stating the obvious, remember, MINIMAL VIEW IS YOUR FRIEND.

Vodage: Replying_to_General-Update

2011-08-03T15:01:12Z

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			=== Specific Reply ===
	===~~I don't know how to make a new wiki post so I'm editing urs~~===

	After more failed attempts than I'm willing to admit to, I've finally gotten the mosaic working somewhat, though I'd be completely lost without the wizard.		After more failed attempts than I'm willing to admit to, I've finally gotten the mosaic working somewhat, though I'd be completely lost without the wizard.
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	As far as another method, well, yeah, there's a super easy one that I had been using (and will probably continue to use), and it's dead simple.		As far as another method, well, yeah, there's a super easy one that I had been using (and will probably continue to use), and it's dead simple.
	I use Windows7 x64 but I think most of these features have been around for a while. So ANYWAYS		I use Windows7 x64 but I think most of these features have been around for a while, and there's probably a similar method on any OS. So ANYWAYS

	1. Right click your desktop, click personalize, and make a tiny theme. I mean TINY. So like you go into window color --> advanced appearance settings, and anything that you can make smaller, make it smaller. With ~~aero~~ still turned on I've managed to get my window borders so thin that I can barely click them to resize a window. Using non-~~aero~~ themes makes your title bars microscopic.		1. Right click your desktop, click personalize, and make a tiny theme. I mean TINY. So like you go into window color --> advanced appearance settings, and anything that you can make smaller, make it smaller. With Aero still turned on I've managed to get my window borders so thin that I can barely click them to resize a window. Using non-Aero themes makes your title bars microscopic.

	2. Ignoring the fact that you can barely see, let alone click the minimize/maximize/close buttons (who uses those anyway), Fire up a few instances of VLC and load some playlists. Then when you've got a nice, round number of videos playing (think FOUR for a 4:3 monitor, and SIX for a 16:9), right click your taskbar and select "show windows side by side". Make sure you don't have any other non-minimized windows running as they will gank spots from your "mosaic".		2. Ignoring the fact that you can barely see, let alone click the minimize/maximize/close buttons (who uses those anyway), Fire up a few instances of VLC and load some playlists. Then when you've got a nice, round number of videos playing (think FOUR for a 4:3 monitor, and SIX for a 16:9), right click your taskbar and select "show windows side by side". Make sure you don't have any other non-minimized windows running as they will gank spots from your "mosaic".
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	I find that the advantage here is that I have control over each video, which is good because I only stream things to myself. I've also been experimenting with the "--align #" tag at the end of a VLC shortcut in combination with ~~Direct3d~~ desktop mode, but honestly I'm getting better results from the "thin windows" method. The more advanced users of VLC may find this method severely lacking, though perhaps mildly entertaining.		I find that the advantage here is that I have control over each video, which is good because I only stream things to myself. I've also been experimenting with the "--align #" tag at the end of a VLC shortcut in combination with Direct3D desktop mode, but honestly I'm getting better results from the "thin windows" method. The more advanced users of VLC may find this method severely lacking, though perhaps mildly entertaining.

	P.S. If you're really a stickler for padding, you can pull the bottom of an upper window over the title bar of a lower window. But if you feel the urge to do that, you probably didn't make your title bars small enough.		P.S. If you're really a stickler for padding, you can pull the bottom of an upper window over the title bar of a lower window. But if you feel the urge to do that, you probably didn't make your title bars small enough.

Vodage: Replying_to_General-Update

2011-08-03T14:54:53Z

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	So far I haven't been able to get anything on the [[Mosaic]] page working for VLC 1.0.5 in Windows. I think I read somewhere that another method beside mosaic should be used to play multiple videos in VLC. Does anyone know what that method is? I think we need a general update of the mosaic wiki page. I volunteer to write it, but I have yet to get any mosaic stuff working with 1.0.5. What has changed that breaks the tutorials on this page? --[[User:Diafygi\|diafygi]] 19:39, 7 May 2010 (UTC)		So far I haven't been able to get anything on the [[Mosaic]] page working for VLC 1.0.5 in Windows. I think I read somewhere that another method beside mosaic should be used to play multiple videos in VLC. Does anyone know what that method is? I think we need a general update of the mosaic wiki page. I volunteer to write it, but I have yet to get any mosaic stuff working with 1.0.5. What has changed that breaks the tutorials on this page? --[[User:Diafygi\|diafygi]] 19:39, 7 May 2010 (UTC)




			===I don't know how to make a new wiki post so I'm editing urs===

			After more failed attempts than I'm willing to admit to, I've finally gotten the mosaic working somewhat, though I'd be completely lost without the wizard.
			I've been having a problem with the stream terminating after the shortest video in the mosaic has finished playing.
			However, I do remember reading somewhere that as a Windows user, I'm not supposed to use the 'fake' command for my BG, but some other thing.

			As far as another method, well, yeah, there's a super easy one that I had been using (and will probably continue to use), and it's dead simple.
			I use Windows7 x64 but I think most of these features have been around for a while. So ANYWAYS

			1. Right click your desktop, click personalize, and make a tiny theme. I mean TINY. So like you go into window color --> advanced appearance settings, and anything that you can make smaller, make it smaller. With aero still turned on I've managed to get my window borders so thin that I can barely click them to resize a window. Using non-aero themes makes your title bars microscopic.

			2. Ignoring the fact that you can barely see, let alone click the minimize/maximize/close buttons (who uses those anyway), Fire up a few instances of VLC and load some playlists. Then when you've got a nice, round number of videos playing (think FOUR for a 4:3 monitor, and SIX for a 16:9), right click your taskbar and select "show windows side by side". Make sure you don't have any other non-minimized windows running as they will gank spots from your "mosaic".

			3. If you know your way around Windows Appearance settings, you should be looking at a grid of videos with a reasonably low amount of padding. If you're running a playlist with multiple video resolutions, make sure to set the video to scale itself to the player, and not the other way around.


			I find that the advantage here is that I have control over each video, which is good because I only stream things to myself. I've also been experimenting with the "--align #" tag at the end of a VLC shortcut in combination with Direct3d desktop mode, but honestly I'm getting better results from the "thin windows" method. The more advanced users of VLC may find this method severely lacking, though perhaps mildly entertaining.

			P.S. If you're really a stickler for padding, you can pull the bottom of an upper window over the title bar of a lower window. But if you feel the urge to do that, you probably didn't make your title bars small enough.

Diafygi: request for general update

2010-05-07T19:39:08Z

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	--[[User:Karol\|Karol]] 12:45, 22 September 2009 (UTC)		--[[User:Karol\|Karol]] 12:45, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

			== General Update ==

			So far I haven't been able to get anything on the [[Mosaic]] page working for VLC 1.0.5 in Windows. I think I read somewhere that another method beside mosaic should be used to play multiple videos in VLC. Does anyone know what that method is? I think we need a general update of the mosaic wiki page. I volunteer to write it, but I have yet to get any mosaic stuff working with 1.0.5. What has changed that breaks the tutorials on this page? --[[User:Diafygi\|diafygi]] 19:39, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Karol: /* CPU usage */

2009-09-22T12:48:20Z

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	Is there any way to decrease the CPU usage? The chroma thing didn't work for me.		Is there any way to decrease the CPU usage? The chroma thing didn't work for me.

			What I '''need''' is a "no signal" image when the video stream is interrupted. Perhaphs there is another way to do it, more CPU-friendly?

	--[[User:Karol\|Karol]] 12:45, 22 September 2009 (UTC)		--[[User:Karol\|Karol]] 12:45, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Karol at 12:45, 22 September 2009

2009-09-22T12:45:27Z

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	:I hope this helps,		:I hope this helps,
	:[[User:Dionoea\|Dionoea]] 14:30, 10 December 2007 (CET)		:[[User:Dionoea\|Dionoea]] 14:30, 10 December 2007 (CET)

			== CPU usage ==

			I've run into the CPU load problem even on 1 input video, with vlc 1.0.1.

			I'm using a 640x480 image and a 640x480 video, streamed locally from a file. The VLC doing the mixing (of the still image and video) is eating 60-80% of my CPU (Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz) which seems pretty excessive.

			Is there any way to decrease the CPU usage? The chroma thing didn't work for me.

			--[[User:Karol\|Karol]] 12:45, 22 September 2009 (UTC)