Screen Monkey

Screen Monkey is a Windows application that gives you the possibility to easily toggle various kinds of media and view files in full screen on any monitor plugged into your computer. It offers support for MPEG, AVI and WMV file types, among others.

Installing this app is a fast and simple job that shouldn't impose any difficulties. Administrative rights are required.

It's wrapped in a user-friendly interface made from a large window that shows the dashboard which allows you to create as many pages as you want.

Each page can be populated with multiple clips of various types, such as audio, clone, color, Flash, freeze (the current monitor output), image, text card, text, effect generator, screensaver, scribble, DVD clip, PowerPoint presentation, ticker tape, as well as live audio, video or stream.

You can rename clips, edit their properties, add transitions and effects, manage multiple layers and views, swap media, export clip templates to import them later, cut, copy and paste clips, repair all of them, as well as create links at the start or end of the clip, by looping it or setting a timer, and so on.

The software utility lets you indicate the preferred monitor with a customized color to output media to, use images to show place holders on the monitor, plug in a live video camera to stream on the second monitor, as well as use keyboard shortcuts on a global level to display clips from any desktop environment.

No error messages popped up in our tests, and the tool didn't hang or crash. It left a small footprint on system resources, running on low CPU and RAM. Unfortunately, it's not very intuitive for less experienced users. Nevertheless, Screen Monkey comes packed with handy options to help you project various media on multiple monitors.