ThirdScreen Plugin for Platform Video Marquees, 3+ Screen Support, and more 6.0.2

This is absolutely brilliant! I was using LaunchBox / Big Box to open VLC bat files to run marquee and topper videos on my system, but this is a much more solid and cleaner approach.

Thank you so much for making this plug-in.

This is a MUST HAVE for anyone wanting to upgrade their front end for their cabinet / system.

Tell me where and how to donate for creation of this great plug-in?

Very promising plugin that turns my already monstrous cabinet into an even bigger and more imposing piece of furniture!

Been on this journey for a while. Our FB groups Light Gun Lunatics and Retro Racing Lunatics love this plugin and we promote this post via them. Thank you.

I love this program! It has taken my arcade setup to the next level. I can't recommend this plugin enough.  

Amazin plugin created by a selfless and talented developer. Works like a charm and it is a MUST HAVE for every build. 

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Amazing job

the Launchbox marquee ability is a great feature 

thank you for the hard work 

Incredible... This literally only took me 1 minute to set up and now I have marquees working in Launchbox mode which is a huge upgrade. I definitely plan on adding additional screens with this also. Thank you!!

This easily beats the jerryrigged script I was having to run to change toggle DPI settings, reset my graphics card to get them to apply before and after running BigBox. Plus this does everything even better. I am searching desperately how to donate as this is handsdown the best LaunchBox plugin. If you are using even one marquee, this will instantly fix all of your issues and not require coding nonsense. By the way, below is the nasty PowerShell script I wrote years ago to fix my marquee woes. Hat's off to the developer!
 

# VARIABLES

# You can find the registry setting we are targetting in regedit under HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\PerMonitorSettings
#  
# - This is not in the registry until you have run it at least once already.
# - It defines which monitor you are targeting if there is more than one.
# - In versions of Windows prior to Windows 10, it appears that the DPI value is stored in HKCU:\Control Panel\Desktop with the value LogPixels.
# - Versions of Windows prior to Windows 10 also require a restart.
# - There is useful information here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Batch/comments/4665jq/how_to_change_windows_10_display_scaling_via/d03gt72/
#
# To find the MonitorID for your primary display, go to Device Manager and under Monitors, right click the Monitor You Want to Change the DPI on.
# Select "Properties" under the dropdown menu. Go the Details tab and under properties, select "Hardware Ids". Note the 7 digit alphanumeric code (e.g.
# ROW00000). You will need this later on.
# Now run regedit and go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers\ScaleFactors. Under this section, find the key/folder
# that begins with the same 7-digit alphanumeric code you noted earlier. Copy that entire MonitorID and replace it with the one below.
$MonitorIDA = "SGT02800_32_07E2_09^AD0D99D1376DEF62E0BBC3A8321C7737"
$MonitorIDB = "ROW00000_19_07E0_E1^9AEC406B952C6F1BB1AD2DC261E55418"

# Location on your computer of BigBox.exe
$EXEPath = "C:\LaunchBox\Core\BigBox.exe"

# Restart the video driver
function Restart-VideoDriver
{
    param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$GPUID
    )

    # Enables then disables GPU driver.
    Get-PnpDevice -FriendlyName $GPUID | Disable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$False
    Get-PnpDevice -FriendlyName $GPUID | Enable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$False
}

# Set the DPI scaling
function Set-DPIScaling
{
    param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$MonitorID,
        [Parameter(Mandatory)][int]$ScalingLevel
    )

    <#
        Scaling levels:

        These change dependent on the screen. My Surface Pro 7's built-in screen has its default or recommended scaling level as 200%.
        0 is the default or recommended setting. Whole number increments correspond with 25% increases in scaling level. In the case of my Surface,
		this would be some of the scaling levels:
		-4 = 100%
		-3 = 125%
		-2 = 150%
		-1 = 175%
		0 = 200%
		1 = 225%
		2 = 250%
		3 = 275%
		4 = 300%

        This article has interesting information on DPI: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-8.1-and-8/dn528846(v=win.10)#Anchor_3
		
		For a standard monitor with a default scaling factor of 100%, this would be some of the scaling levels:
		
        0 = 100%
        1 = 125%
        2 = 150%
        3 = 175%
		4 = 200%

    #>

    Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:Control Panel\Desktop\PerMonitorSettings\$MonitorID" -Name "DpiValue" -Value $ScalingLevel
}

function Get-VideoCard {
    
    $videoDevices = Get-PnpDevice -Class Display

    if ($videoDevices.Count -gt 1) {

        # From my testing, additional GPU's show up first in the object
        return $videoDevices[1].Name

    } else { return $videoDevices.Name }

}

function Main
{
    $GPUID = Get-VideoCard

    # Set scaling to 100%.
    Set-DPIScaling -MonitorID $MonitorIDA -ScalingLevel -2
	Set-DPIScaling -MonitorID $MonitorIDB -ScalingLevel 0

    # Restart device driver.
    Restart-VideoDriver -GPUID $GPUID
	
	# Added wait
	# Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
	# Start-Sleep -Seconds 4
	sleep -seconds 5
	
	# Set scaling back to 250% and 175%.
    Set-DPIScaling -MonitorID $MonitorIDA -ScalingLevel 4
	Set-DPIScaling -MonitorID $MonitorIDB -ScalingLevel 1
	
	# Restart device driver.
    Restart-VideoDriver -GPUID $GPUID
	
	# Added wait
	# Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
	# Start-Sleep -Seconds 4
	sleep -seconds 5
	
	# Set scaling to 100%.
    Set-DPIScaling -MonitorID $MonitorIDA -ScalingLevel -2
	Set-DPIScaling -MonitorID $MonitorIDB -ScalingLevel 0

    # Restart device driver.
    Restart-VideoDriver -GPUID $GPUID
	
	# Added wait
	# Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
	# Start-Sleep -Seconds 4
	sleep -seconds 5
	
	# Launch game.
    Start-Process -FilePath $EXEPath -ArgumentList "oldschool" -Wait
	
    # Wait for game to exit.
    while(Get-Process -Name "BigBox" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
    {
        Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
    }
	
    # Set scaling back to 250% and 175%.
    Set-DPIScaling -MonitorID $MonitorIDA -ScalingLevel 4
	Set-DPIScaling -MonitorID $MonitorIDB -ScalingLevel 1

    # Restart device driver.
    Restart-VideoDriver -GPUID $GPUID

}

Main

 

This plugin can bring your setup to a whole new level, one of the best and most important plugins I use for my setup! Fantastic work! Thank you for your effort!

I have a 4 monitor set up and this was easy to get going and added a ton of cool features to our gaming. Thank you!