Play 1 Video on Multiple Displays

Last updated 5 May 2026

This guide covers two ways to play a single video on multiple physical displays in Backstage:

Display Matrix — one Display spans across several outputs as one seamless canvas. Use this when all displays should show different regions of the same video (e.g. a wide panorama across three monitors).
Independent Displays — each display has its own sequencer playing the same asset. Use this when each screen should show the full video independently.

Option A: Display Matrix (one video spanning multiple outputs)

1. Add a Display to the Scene

Open the Scene window. Right-click the scene hierarchy and select Display → Plane.

2. Assign your video to the Display

Drag your video asset from the Assets window onto the Display. Confirm the Create Sequencers? dialog.

3. Enable Display Matrix

Select the Display. In the Inspector, find Display Matrix and enable it. Set Rows and Columns to match your physical screen arrangement:

Layout	Rows	Columns
3 monitors side by side	1	3
2x2 grid	2	2
4 screens vertical stack	4	1

4. Route each tile to a GPU output

In the Outputs window, assign each Display Matrix tile to its corresponding GPU output.

Option B: Independent Displays (same video on each screen)

1. Add a Display for each screen

Right-click the hierarchy and select Display → Plane once for each physical screen. Name them clearly.

2. Assign the video to each Display

Drag the same video asset onto each Display. Each gets its own sequencer referencing the same asset file.

3. Route and start playback

In the Outputs window, assign each Display to its GPU output. Use a single Control:LoadBang connected to all sequencer play inputs to trigger them simultaneously on project load.

Which option to use?

	Display Matrix	Independent Displays
Video fills all screens as one image	Yes	No — each screen shows the full video
Bezel compensation	Yes (built in)	No
Screens can play different content later	No	Yes

Common Mistakes

Display Matrix tiles appear in the wrong physical order — tiles are numbered left-to-right, top-to-bottom. Re-route each tile to the correct GPU output.
Independent displays fall out of sync — each sequencer has its own trigger timing. Use a single LoadBang connected to all play inputs.

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