# for whatever reason, emulationstation gets some strange screen flicker issues # if the second display is activated, so ensure it is only started with that off alias emulationstation="xrandr --output HDMI-2 --off && emulationstation" # since the second HDMI only outputs sound with video, we have to ensure it's # activated with xrandr if we want to use it for surround sound setup alias mpv51="xrandr --output HDMI-2 --auto && AUDIO_HDMI=1 mpv --alsa-ignore-chmap '--audio-channels=5.1(alsa)'" alias chromium-upmix="xrandr --output HDMI-2 --auto && chromium-browser --alsa-output-device=stereo51" alias alsamixer51="AUDIO_HDMI=1 alsamixer" # see vlc -H why these alias vlc51="xrandr --output HDMI-2 --auto && vlc --alsa-audio-device=hdmi1 --alsa-audio-channels=4199"