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| From | Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: OT: Streaming |
| Date | 2025-01-10 09:17 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vlra40$2332$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 1/9/2025 11:12 PM, Paul wrote:
> On Thu, 1/9/2025 10:18 PM, Newyana2 wrote:
>> On 1/9/2025 7:37 PM, Paul wrote:
>>
>>> Apparently, enabling some kind of debugging mode can affect the results.
>>>
>>> https://xdaforums.com/t/turning-on-usb-debugging-will-lose-your-devices-widevine-l1.4626703/
>>>
>>
>> Debugging USB? I don't know what that would be. But I suspect
>> widevine is a red herring. As I mentioned, I've used 3 computers,
>> 3 operating systems and different versions of 2 browsers. They all
>> fail. Yet Netflix works in Firefox on Win7 with no special treatment.
>>
>>> It's a cracking factory out there. At least everyone has a hobby.
>>> It gives people something to do.
>>
>> It has occurred to me that these companies might be trying to
>> block computers/browsers for some reason related to security.
>> But a browser is actually the only method they offer on computers.
>> The other option is apps on "mobile". Could it be possible that they
>> want to force apps but don't want to admit it? We have an iPad,
>> though I don't know how I'd pipe from the iPad to the TV. I'm
>> certainly not going to watch movies on a 5"x8" screen.
>>
>
> They have their own "in-house" solutions which might be a
> bit self-serving.
>
> https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/ipad/ipadf1276cde/ipados
>
> Apparently a DisplayLink HDMI adapter doesn't function on the thing,
> like it would elsewhere. Some of these USB to HDMI, they actually had
> a CDROM section and composite device inside the USB chip, and
> PC x86 drivers would load every time you plugged in such an adapter.
>
> This would not work to make the Apple device love the chip. And even
> if you find a .ko to do the job, I think there's still some technical
> issues to overcome (that DisplayLink can't fix without a blessing being
> bestowed upon them).
>
> It's probably faster to use a magnifying glass and pretend the screen
> is bigger :-)
>
> And remember, I've been to the ecosystem. And I've returned. There
> are three Apple boxes on this desk. They hold up the other computers
> (like they were "stands"). I once lost $1000 on a video card purchase
> for an Apple computer, because the DMA circuit on the Nubus card
> did not span all the RAM on the machine, and this caused the video
> driver to crash the machine. Does that ever happen on Windows ? Fuck no.
> You could say then, that I have a few battle scars from my experience,
> and if I seem to be unfair to the ecosystem, there are reasons for
> my answers. At one time, they were a struggling underdog of
> a company. Now, they're fat cats sitting on a pile of cash,
> and their old habits of "in-housing every solution" has
> not stopped.
>
> If your iPad has one of the higher speed interfaces, then the
> odds improve on some display standard being multiplexed on
> the device output. But then, how many displays have inputs
> for such signals (without a Dock to do a conversion). And
> the Dock could be relatively expensive compared to what
> you paid for the iPad. I used to be able to get a VGA adapter
> for a PC here, for about $25 of so. And I have a handful of those
> for problem solving. The chippery inside a Dock, isn't as cheap.
>
I guess that's pretty much the story I expected. As I recall, the
iPad doesn't have any ports other than micro-USB, or maybe the
Mac proprietary oval plug. No HDMI. On the bright side, it was only
$200 because AppleSeeds won't touch anything that's not the latest
version. But I think it's the base version, whatever that is. No
4-wheel-drive, no chrome appointments, no dual zone seat heaters,
no extra coffee holders.
My ladyfriend recently fell and spent some weeks in rehab.
The iPad was a relative bargain for her to be able to read e-books
from Libby.
(Of course, her older iPad no longer supported Libby and couldn't
be updated.)
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