Multiple Replay instances

Overview

When having several graphics cards or multiple-head graphics card in a PC, you may assign an instance of DISE Replay to each adapter. Each instance of Replay can be setup to play its own content, but you can also setup a synced system.

Read more: Display setup

Requirements

As a pointer, for hardware performance you should aim a little higher than you would with a single output. Select a high-end graphics card if possible.

Setup

(Assuming DISE is already installed)

Note: You never have to install DISE more than once. Multiple instances are opened with different settings.

Start by creating a shortcut to DISE Replay. Call it "Replay1".
Right-click and select Properties for "Replay1".
Under Target you can now see the path to the Replay.exe, for instance "C:\Program Files (x86)\DISE\DISE 8\Replay.exe”.
After the path, enter:

-S "path-to-a-folder-to-store-settings-in\Replay1.settings" so that it now in the Target field, reads something like:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\DISE\DISE 8\Replay.exe" -S "C:\Settings\Replay1.settings". The folder to store settings in has to exist.

Note that the file "C:\Settings\Replay1.settings" doesn't have to exist yet.

Click Ok.
Start up "Replay1". Note that now, Replay will create the file Replay1.settings.
In "Replay1" select Settings > Output settings and in the Display Adapter drop-down list, select the first graphics card, or head in the case of a multiple-head graphics card.
For the second Replay instance, copy and paste the "Replay1" shortcut and rename it "Replay2".
Replace "Replay1.settings" for "Replay2.settings" in the Target field.
Click Ok.
Start "Replay2".
In "Replay2's" Settings > Output settings select the second graphics adapter.
The two instances of Replay now use separate settings files.
Follow the above steps for each additional graphics adapter.

Startup

To start a number of Replay instances when Windows boots up, enter the following using your favorite text editor:

start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\DISE\DISE 8\Replay.exe" -S "C:\Settings\Replay1.settings"
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\DISE\DISE 8\Replay.exe" -S "C:\Settings\Replay2.settings"
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\DISE\DISE 8\Replay.exe" -S "C:\Settings\Replay3.settings"

Save the file as "startup.cmd". Create a shortcut to this file and put the shortcut in the "Startup" start menu folder.

DISE NoBorders

Setting up DISE NoBorders on a single PC is essentially no different from setting up several PCs.

Read more: DISE NoBorders Installation

Setup Probe to download the NoBorders destination to a local folder, follow the instructions above and for each instance select the proper .displayscheme file that corresponds with its screen. Also do synchonization the same way you would a NoBorders system (see Replay settings > Communication tab).