Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Redirection

2014-10-01 Thread Jim Price

On 01/10/14 14:21, Nigel Verity wrote:

Hi

I have a Raspberry Pi with which I use my TV as a monitor, or at

> least I did until I trod on the HDMI cable and damaged the socket
> on the back of the TV.


The only other inputs the TV has are a SCART and VGA. My laptop

> running Xubuntu 13.10 has both an HDMI socket and a VGA output.
> I know I may be asking a bit much but does anybody know if it would
> be possible to connect the HDMI output of the Pi to the
> corresponding socket on the laptop and redirect the signal to the

VGA, even if it means running some conversion software in between?.


The laptop socket is HDMI out only. You need a HDMI to VGA converter. 
They're less than a fiver on eBay or Amazon, but I found the one with 
sound stopped the Pi from booting unless I unplugged the sound cable first.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Video Redirection

2014-10-01 Thread Alan Pope
On 1 October 2014 14:21, Nigel Verity  wrote:
> I have a Raspberry Pi with which I use my TV as a monitor, or at least I did 
> until I trod on the HDMI cable and damaged the socket on the back of the TV.
>
> The only other inputs the TV has are a SCART and VGA. My laptop running 
> Xubuntu 13.10 has both an HDMI socket and a VGA output. I know I may be 
> asking a bit much but does anybody know if it would be possible to connect 
> the HDMI output of the Pi to the corresponding socket on the laptop and 
> redirect the signal to the VGA, even if it means running some conversion 
> software in between?.
>

Have you considered fixing the port? Chances are it's a standard part
and could be grabbed at Maplin/ebay and soldered in as it's only 19
contacts. Depends on the telly and your soldering skills of course :)

Cheers,
Al.

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[ubuntu-uk] Video Redirection

2014-10-01 Thread Nigel Verity
Hi

I have a Raspberry Pi with which I use my TV as a monitor, or at least I did 
until I trod on the HDMI cable and damaged the socket on the back of the TV.

The only other inputs the TV has are a SCART and VGA. My laptop running Xubuntu 
13.10 has both an HDMI socket and a VGA output. I know I may be asking a bit 
much but does anybody know if it would be possible to connect the HDMI output 
of the Pi to the corresponding socket on the laptop and redirect the signal to 
the VGA, even if it means running some conversion software in between?.

Thanks

Nige
  
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