That's part of it. Really though, most TV Video cards use what they
call a direct overlay. What this means is that the TV potion of the
card will send it's data directly to the video card without processor or
windows driver intervention. Vnc cannot display what vnc doesn't know
exists. Usually
Great minds think alike. :)
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jonathan Morton
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 8:11 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Watching video using VNC
>When I use VNC to access the TV computer it works fine
>Is this simply because that the video in application is a
>hardware solution, or do other graphical systems bypass VNC?
It's mostly restricted to video. However, some early 3D cards
(specifically the 3dfx Voodoo and Voodoo2) attached inline with the
existing video adapter, and would also show
ay, March 21, 2002 8:55 AM
Subject: RE: Watching video using VNC
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Christopher Tesla wrote:
> I find it very interesting that some applications bypass the system in
> this way. I assumed (incorrectly, I guess) that VNC simply shows
> everything that the m
> -Original Message-
> A recent question regarding using VNC to view streaming media
> caught my eye.
> I have a home network with several computers. I regularly
> use VNC to control
> machines from other machines. Everything is W2K.
>
> I have a computer with a video-in card that is
You may have jumped out of video games before Wolfenstein and Doom, Mike
(FPS=First-Person-Shooter) but your comment below is dead on. This is
precisely the issue with trying to "see" a typical modern game remotely.
They use 3D acceleration built into the video card; with "software"
rendering ins
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Christopher Tesla wrote:
> I find it very interesting that some applications bypass the system in
> this way. I assumed (incorrectly, I guess) that VNC simply shows
> everything that the monitor shows. Is this simply because that the
> video in application is a hardware sol
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Christopher Tesla wrote:
> I have a computer with a video-in card that is plugged into my TV
> downstairs. I can run the video software and watch TV on the computer.
> Sometimes I am working upstairs on my laptop and would like to have that
> same function. When I use VNC to
>When I use VNC to access the TV computer it works fine but the
>window that shows the video signal is black.
That's because TV cards normally use an "overlay" mode to boost
performance and free the CPU. The TV signal never reaches the video
card's framebuffer where VNC can see it, but is ins
Wrong use of VNC.
What you need to do is install windows media encoder on the TV Computer, and
then use windows media player on your laptop to connect to the encoder.
visit http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia
I only suggest this solution, cause this is the product I am aware of and is
free
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