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Re: Using a remote computer and VGA

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Dan Ritter wrote:
> Richmond wrote:
>> Is it possible to use a local computer (L) to: ssh -Y to a remote
>> computer (R), run a web browser on R which will then display on
>> L, choose what to watch on Netflix, and then having started it, move the
>> displayed browser window back to the X window on R, and then move
>> it across to the television attached to the VGA port on R?
> Probably not, and the issue is Netflix. The Netflix DRM talks
> directly to the hardware.
>
> My guess is that you would bring over a browser window with a
> big black window in it.
>
> You could try this with VNC; I think it would have the same
> problem, but I don't know for certain.
>
> What is the actual underlying problem you're trying to solve?
>
> -dsr-
>
I realised afterwards that a better explanation of what I am doing would
be something like remote desktop assistance, but I am so used to remote
X displays that I was trying to think in those terms.

I have a pc next to the television which I use for watching netflix, but
it is in an awkward position to use, I want to use a different PC the
other side of the room to control it. A remote mouse and keyboard is
probably a better way to describe it. X11vnc does it.

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Using a remote computer and VGA Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2021-04-09 00:10 +0200
  Re: Using a remote computer and VGA deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2021-04-09 01:30 +0200
  Re: Using a remote computer and VGA Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-04-09 01:50 +0200
    Re: Using a remote computer and VGA Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2021-04-09 15:10 +0200
      Re: Using a remote computer and VGA Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-04-09 16:40 +0200
      Re: Using a remote computer and VGA Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-04-09 20:20 +0200
  Re: Using a remote computer and VGA Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2021-04-09 09:40 +0200
    Re: Using a remote computer and VGA Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2021-04-09 15:10 +0200

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