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  1. Re:Why Software? by joshholtzman · · Score: 1 · on Best Software For Putting Lectures Online?

    Epiphan also makes hardware capture devices, one of which is built specifically to feed the content to Matterhorn servers. http://www.epiphan.com/products/other-applications/matterhorn/

  2. Re:AccuStream 170 by Sardaukar0 · · Score: 1 · on High End Video Capture?

    I'm quite familiar with the Accustream 170 - my company specializes in webcasting and this is the card we use, built into a Shuttle XPC, at conferences to capture Powerpoint presentations. It's pricey, but image quality is very good. That being said, there are drawbacks: 1) The card's software in its current release isn't so good at automatic format detection. You need to run it through a calibration routine every time you feed it a new signal/resolution. Switching sync during capture throws it off if resolutions are different. 2) It's a 64-bit PCI card. It is backwards-compatible with 32-bit PCI, but don't expect to get over 15fps in a 32-bit slot. 3) It's bloody expensive.

    We've been experimenting with a USB device that captures a DVI signal, the DVI2USB from Epiphan. Nice image, and much better format detection, but the device is still very much in its infancy and its driver release shows. Their DirectShow driver was only released last week and is still buggy (stops serving frames randomly after running for more than an hour), and their proprietary capture interface is extremely feature-thin. Also, even on a relatively fast machine (3ghz P4 HT, 1gb RAM), it wouldn't pass 11fps.

    Hope this helps!

  3. vga2usb device by fbgmantis · · Score: 1 · on Laptops, Headless Servers and KVMs?

    http://www.epiphan.com/products/vga2usb/index.php

  4. Two tools together by petree · · Score: 3, Informative · on Laptops, Headless Servers and KVMs?

    Epiphan makes a product called VGA2USB ($399) and then buy a usb keyboard with a touchpad on it. (ibm sells one for $100). This way you'd just have your laptop (which you would probably have out anyways) and then one keyboard/mouse combo. It's not perfect, but it'll get the job done for $500.

  5. have device to show VGA display on remote machine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Laptops, Headless Servers and KVMs?

    One of these devices is ~$300

    http://www.epiphan.com/products/vga2usb/index.php

    but need someone to solder up the reverse of one of these:

    http://www.vetra.com/345text.html

    so you could give keyboard input to the remote machine.

  6. That link should be... by DaHat · · Score: 1 · on Laptops, Headless Servers and KVMs?

    VGA2USB

  7. VGA2USB by DaHat · · Score: 5, Insightful · on Laptops, Headless Servers and KVMs?

    Recently when trying to figure out why my PC in the livingroom (plugged into the TV) wasn't displaying any video, I longed for a easy device I could plug into my laptop to display video... rather than have to lug a monitor out to the livingroom.

    Sure enough, a company makes just such a device, the .

    It does nothing for your mouse and keyboard needs, but this (I think) solves the biggest issue of your question.