Video wall with physical monitors
Hey I’m building a video wall and had a question. I got it to work when running spacedesk on each tv via the Amazon App Store. However, when I try to use the TVs directly attached to my computer I’m able to assign each source to the video wall but doesn’t show. Am I doing something wrong or do I have to activate them independently? They are greyed out on spacedesk unlike the green color for my “remote” tvs. I’d just run it remotely but it can be laggy when doing tasks like gaming. My bad if this is a basic question but I really only space desk on my phone as a second screen for my computer
I have the tvs hooked up through hdmi. Have it working via the tvOS apps; is that spacedesk viewer? I have it working when I use the apps but then I have double the inputs. Is it possible to just use the physical connected monitors instead of having to run the app on each tv?
Here’s a clearer, more polished version that explains the situation and answers the question directly:
If your TVs are connected via HDMI and working normally through their built-in tvOS apps, that setup is separate from spacedesk. The spacedesk Viewer only works when the Viewer app is running on each TV, which is why you’re seeing duplicate inputs—one from the physical HDMI connection and another from the spacedesk virtual display.
Unfortunately, spacedesk can’t “take over” or reuse displays that are already connected directly via HDMI. It only creates virtual monitors that require the Viewer app to be running on the client device. So if you want to use spacedesk, each TV has to be treated as a separate client and run the app individually.
If your goal is to use the TVs purely as physical monitors without extra inputs or apps, the best option is to stick with direct HDMI connections (or a docking station/graphics card that supports multiple outputs). Spacedesk is useful when physical connections aren’t possible, but it can’t replace them once they exist.