Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

Why does viewing a hdmi/displayport input on a PC require a capture card?

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Why does viewing a hdmi/displayport input on a PC require a capture card?

Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 9 months ago

I bought a cheapo capture card a while back but the quality is pretty terrible

Is there any reason PCs can’t just receive HDMI/displayport input from other devices through the same mechanism they output it?

For that matter also is there any reason HDMI can’t be run over Ethernet? Afaik ethernet has far more bandwitth than hdmi nowadays

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Steam box? You mean like steam machines?

Can’t seem to find anything other than steam machines from googling
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  Steam link sorry
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    Steam link kinda sucks though compared to a wired connection

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