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 the screens contain a little used color for the background (rGB value-wise) which will also allow other windows to be displayed on top of the overlayed signal.
Even if vnc WAS able to see this signal, the stream would probably be pretty slow. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Christopher Tesla Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 7:45 AM To: VNC Mailing List (E-mail) Subject: Watching video using VNC 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 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 access the TV computer it works fine but the window that shows the video signal is black. I am assuming that VNC has trouble updating the screen fast enough to show the video signal. I am running everything as full-duplex 100Mb on a managed switch, so the network is screaming. Is there any way to speed up the VNC refresh so that I can watch real-time video on the laptop upstairs? Just a fun question! C-ya Chris T --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the line: 'unsubscribe vnc-list' in the message BODY See also: http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
