Re: [Nolug] Media extender functionality under Linux

From: Jonathan Roberts <gremln007_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 20:57:38 -0600
Message-ID: <fcbad9f30612061857h67c31bb6i6ca992b7fc4d63f1@mail.gmail.com>

Thanks, Petri. This is helpful.

Jonathan

On 12/6/06, Petri Laihonen <pietu@weblizards.net> wrote:
>
> Most video cards these days have at least S-video output.
> That would be the simplest setup to get whatever you have on the desktop
> to your TV.
>
> I'm using currently one of my extra laptops as "media center" to display
> movies and such via S-cable, however I'll be setting up a machine at
> some point to digitize as well....
>
> Petri
>
>
> Jonathan Roberts wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > I was curious if anyone can recommend a solution to this problem.
> > Looking to view videos from my desktop (ideally streamed from web
> > pages; think news and television web sites, not youtube, etc). Is
> > there something like a media center extender that doesn't need a media
> > center (windows) PC?
> >
> > (If not, can I somehow pipe video output down the unused coax in my
> > house that is left over from Cox? I know my TV can take that as an
> > input...)
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Jonathan
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