Re: Smart TV on WiFi as Extra Display

2021-04-30 Thread Ralph Katz
On 4/19/21 5:24 AM, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote: I have a smart TV which includes a browser. (An LG running WebOS, as it happens.) It can, of course, display video streams from a given URL. So I'm hoping someone has figured out a way to create a virtual display on a Debian computer which streams i

Re: Smart TV on WiFi as Extra Display

2021-04-19 Thread Joe
On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 10:49:06 -0300 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > > > There are some wireless hdmi kits, you plug one in the computer, one > in the display, and it works like a cable, but without the actual > cable. You should be able to find them on Amazon and other stores. > I've never tried th

Re: Re: Smart TV on WiFi as Extra Display

2021-04-19 Thread Dan Ritter
Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote: > I'd like to use the TV as an extra display for my laptop. Basically, > as if it were connected with an HDMI cable, but over the network. And > use both displays, the same way one usually uses two displays. > > Unless there's a usage of x11vnc that I don't understand,

Re: Smart TV on WiFi as Extra Display

2021-04-19 Thread Stefan Monnier
> not support stretching your desktop to it) and it has a Java viewer > applet that can be used to connect to it from a web browser. There's a good chance the browser hardcoded in the TV doesn't support Java applets. Stefan

Re: Smart TV on WiFi as Extra Display

2021-04-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 19 apr 21, 14:17:05, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote: > I'd like to use the TV as an extra display for my laptop. Basically, > as if it were connected with an HDMI cable, but over the network. And > use both displays, the same way one usually uses two displays. It seems you mean to expand your

Re: Re: Smart TV on WiFi as Extra Display

2021-04-19 Thread Barak A. Pearlmutter
> There are some wireless hdmi kits, you plug one in the computer, one in the > display, and it works like a cable, but without the actual cable. You should > be able to find them on Amazon and other stores. I've never tried them, > though. Sure, that would work! But it does seem a shame to no

Re: Smart TV on WiFi as Extra Display

2021-04-19 Thread Darac Marjal
On 19/04/2021 12:24, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote: > I have a smart TV which includes a browser. (An LG running WebOS, as > it happens.) It can, of course, display video streams from a given > URL. So I'm hoping someone has figured out a way to create a virtual > display on a Debian computer which s

Re: Smart TV on WiFi as Extra Display

2021-04-19 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 19/04/2021 08:24, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote: I have a smart TV which includes a browser. (An LG running WebOS, as it happens.) It can, of course, display video streams from a given URL. So I'm hoping someone has figured out a way to create a virtual display on a Debian computer which streams

Re: Re: Smart TV on WiFi as Extra Display

2021-04-19 Thread Barak A. Pearlmutter
I'd like to use the TV as an extra display for my laptop. Basically, as if it were connected with an HDMI cable, but over the network. And use both displays, the same way one usually uses two displays. Unless there's a usage of x11vnc that I don't understand, there are two issues with using x11vnc

Re: Smart TV on WiFi as Extra Display

2021-04-19 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 19 apr 21, 12:24:21, Barak A. Pearlmutter wrote: > I have a smart TV which includes a browser. (An LG running WebOS, as > it happens.) It can, of course, display video streams from a given > URL. So I'm hoping someone has figured out a way to create a virtual > display on a Debian computer w

Smart TV on WiFi as Extra Display

2021-04-19 Thread Barak A. Pearlmutter
I have a smart TV which includes a browser. (An LG running WebOS, as it happens.) It can, of course, display video streams from a given URL. So I'm hoping someone has figured out a way to create a virtual display on a Debian computer which streams its contents out as a live video stream on some nic