On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 09:45:46AM CEST, Joe <j...@jretrading.com> said: > On Mon, 9 Apr 2018 16:14:09 -0700 > cono...@rahul.net (John Conover) wrote: > > > Is there a good way of getting hdmi from a cable TV box into a window > > on the Linux screen? Anyone done it? > > There are converters for below 100 Pounds/Dollars to USB3.0. I've seen > 1080p/60 going into VLC on a (fast) Windows laptop, although it only > manages 1-2fps on mine. The computer seems to need to do a lot of work. > There are more expensive converters which presumably do more themselves. > > I had the converter for a short time, and didn't try it with any Linux > computers, so I don't know the state of USB3 video over here.
The problem that might appear would be if the source wants a HDCP compatible HDMi display. Much more difficult to find an adapter for this. -- Erwan
