# 2 screens on RPi4 - movie resolution? **URL:** \ **Category:** Misc\ **Created:** [November 9, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/2-screens-on-rpi4-movie-resolution/1069 "2021-11-09T13:01:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![galansgrills](https://community.info-beamer.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v3/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@galansgrills](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/galansgrills)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/2-screens-on-rpi4-movie-resolution/1069/1 "2021-11-09T13:01:03Z")
Can I display a movie across 2 screens using the RPi4? What resolution is needed for the movie ? The sum of two screen’s width and the height? Or the movie is stretched by the software? And for the last, I need to have both screens added as in paying licence, right? ---
**Author:** ![infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/user_avatar/community.info-beamer.com/infobeamer-fw/32/3_2.png) [@infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/infobeamer-fw)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 11:11am UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/2-screens-on-rpi4-movie-resolution/1069/2 "2021-11-10T11:11:24Z")
I would suggest you encode your content in [anamorphic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamorphic_format) FullHD. This 1920x1080 H264 video can then be stretched across both displays to the full 3840x1080 resolution. > [@galansgrills](#): > > And for the last, I need to have both screens added as in paying licence, right? No. info-beamer is billed based on the number of players, not the number of displays attached. ---
**Author:** ![galansgrills](https://community.info-beamer.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v3/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@galansgrills](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/galansgrills)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/2-screens-on-rpi4-movie-resolution/1069/3 "2021-11-10T13:02:54Z")
Thanks Florian for your answer. Well, I always thought that I need 2 licences for having 2 screens playing a movie. Better to ask, nonetheless. So, following your anwer, simply adding the HEVC/4K Video Demo package and upload the 1920x1080 H264 movie and the info-beamer software will display it on the 2 split screens, provided that I enable de 1/2 screen setting on the packege. I got this right? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/user_avatar/community.info-beamer.com/infobeamer-fw/32/3_2.png) [@infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/infobeamer-fw)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/2-screens-on-rpi4-movie-resolution/1069/4 "2021-11-10T13:11:43Z")
No need to add the HEVC package. You can import the [Scheduled Player package](https://info-beamer.com/pkg/4765). Create a setup and within that setup select the “Settings” tab, then choose the Dual Full HD option: ![image](https://community.info-beamer.com/uploads/default/original/1X/b6df26f871d315848bbc12ed88eb7b3d327ff915.png) You can then add content in the full 2xFullHD layout. > [@galansgrills](#): > > provided that I enable de 1/2 screen setting on the packege. I got this right? Exactly. Select one of the 1|2 or 2|1 options depending on the physical layout: ![image](https://community.info-beamer.com/uploads/default/original/1X/067b39a565ec369be30bed8f20215b33af7f969e.png) ---
**Author:** ![galansgrills](https://community.info-beamer.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v3/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@galansgrills](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/galansgrills)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/2-screens-on-rpi4-movie-resolution/1069/5 "2021-11-11T12:29:23Z")
Hello There is somethig amiss in my configuration or media resolution on the RPi4 @infobeamer-fw I uploaded a FullHD movie clip to show it across 2 screens. The player show indeed the movie, but is shown stretched and looks a bit weird, to be honest. What I tried: At first I set up the player to show a 3840x1080 foto, and it was displayed correctly. So I rendered the clip using those fotos and proceed to upload the movie. No dice - too large the resolution, so I rendered at 2048x1080 and uploaded it succesflully. But the player doesn’t show thwe clip at all, just some garbled pixels. ![image](https://community.info-beamer.com/uploads/default/original/1X/59af7daf04c1ed392bc4fbb3b1f62513814cefd1.jpeg) All I want is a perfect displayed movie on both screen, just like in the HEVC/4K Video Demo. Where did I go wrong? ---
**Author:** ![galansgrills](https://community.info-beamer.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v3/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@galansgrills](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/galansgrills)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/2-screens-on-rpi4-movie-resolution/1069/6 "2021-11-11T13:21:26Z")
Forgot to add this for more clarity ![image](https://community.info-beamer.com/uploads/default/original/1X/5e21ae1ff707e86cbdd4e93097788b46e0c94fae.jpeg) I was certain that everything is set up as it should. But no. ---
**Author:** ![infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/user_avatar/community.info-beamer.com/infobeamer-fw/32/3_2.png) [@infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/infobeamer-fw)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/2-screens-on-rpi4-movie-resolution/1069/7 "2021-11-11T16:37:00Z")
Can you render the video with Full HD resolution (1920x1080) instead of 2048x1080? ---
**Author:** ![galansgrills](https://community.info-beamer.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v3/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@galansgrills](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/galansgrills)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/2-screens-on-rpi4-movie-resolution/1069/8 "2021-11-15T13:34:36Z")
Yes, finally I uploaded the movie in FullHD quality 1920x1080. However the movie is displayed stretched, and for the moment the player is set that way. I wonder how to improve the setup, to avoid the stretching of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/user_avatar/community.info-beamer.com/infobeamer-fw/32/3_2.png) [@infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/infobeamer-fw)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/2-screens-on-rpi4-movie-resolution/1069/9 "2021-11-15T13:59:38Z")
That’s why I suggested you encode your content in [anamorphic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamorphic_format) FullHD. Of course that assumes your content has a 32:9 aspect ratio. ---
**Author:** ![galansgrills](https://community.info-beamer.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v3/letter/g/e480ec/32.png) [@galansgrills](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/galansgrills)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/2-screens-on-rpi4-movie-resolution/1069/10 "2021-11-16T13:16:02Z")
![image](https://community.info-beamer.com/uploads/default/original/1X/1f08d74ae6b54375277df439f45cbfe06de03601.jpeg) Anamorphic was the correct answer. Now it renders correctly on both screen without any stretching. Solved. ---
**Author:** ![infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/user_avatar/community.info-beamer.com/infobeamer-fw/32/3_2.png) [@infobeamer-fw](https://community.info-beamer.com/u/infobeamer-fw)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.info-beamer.com/t/2-screens-on-rpi4-movie-resolution/1069/11 "2021-11-16T13:41:54Z")
Neat. Happy to see that work.