[mythtv-users] HDMI-to-CAT5 Converter
lists_mythtv_users
lists_mythtv_users at bigpizza.co.uk
Mon Feb 4 18:38:14 UTC 2008
Jason Sullivan wrote:
> On Feb 4, 2008 11:38 AM, Marc Sherman <msherman at projectile.ca> wrote:
>
>> Jason Sullivan wrote:
>>
>>> Possibly, but it's easier (for me, at least) to drill a hole that I
>>> can pass a Cat6e cable and run that sort of thing behind the walls
>>> than it is to pull a DVI cable/connector through the wall (what would
>>> that be, a 2" hole?). Some folks even have Cat6e already in the
>>> wall.
>>>
>> For $500, run that Cat5, but put a new myth frontend at the end instead
>> of these boxes.
>>
>>
>
> Now that would be a neat trick. I've got a projector that I'm
> driving, which means that adding another F/E doesn't actually solve
> the "long cable run" problem, unless there's a way to sync up two
> front ends so that one does the video and the other does the audio.
>
>
Pulseaudio (http://www.pulseaudio.org/) may help. You can use it to
transfer audio to a different machine. I don't personally have any
experience with it but it's on my stuff-I-want-to-investigate-soon list. :-)
Regards,
Steve
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