Displaying screen content in other devices

Tuork · 03-25-08, 10:42 AM

Hello all. I'm working on a Uni research project involving projecting applications on a multi-projector cluster setup.

I was wondering if there is any way to capture the content that is going to the screen, and sending it to other computers via network.

I don't even know if this is possible, but what I was thinking was, if I can somehow capture the feed going to the screen, I could then send the corresponding parts of the image to the cluster node in charge of that part of the display matrix.

Does this make any sense?

The ultimate goal is to be able to run any application on a multi-projector setup.

If anyone knows anything about capturing Xwindows content, I would greatly appreciate it.

Tuork · 03-31-08, 09:43 AM

UPDATE:
If any one is interested in this topic, it turns out X server already comes with this built in.. sorta.
It's called Xdmx. Just google it and you'll find plenty of tutorials.

03-25-08, 10:42 AM	#1
Tuork Official pain in the ass Join Date: May 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 1,197	Displaying screen content in other devices Hello all. I'm working on a Uni research project involving projecting applications on a multi-projector cluster setup. I was wondering if there is any way to capture the content that is going to the screen, and sending it to other computers via network. I don't even know if this is possible, but what I was thinking was, if I can somehow capture the feed going to the screen, I could then send the corresponding parts of the image to the cluster node in charge of that part of the display matrix. Does this make any sense? The ultimate goal is to be able to run any application on a multi-projector setup. If anyone knows anything about capturing Xwindows content, I would greatly appreciate it. __________________ My avatar: "An obscure and non sensical pattern made to get people to post what they think it is" - Vamp Dimitri: Dell XPS M1530 Core2Duo T5550 1.86Ghz \| 3GB DDR2 \| 8600M GT 256MB \| 250GB Hdd \| BenQ FP202W 20" LCD \| MX1000 mouse \| Inspire T5400 5.1

03-31-08, 09:43 AM	#2
Tuork Official pain in the ass Join Date: May 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Posts: 1,197	Re: Displaying screen content in other devices UPDATE: If any one is interested in this topic, it turns out X server already comes with this built in.. sorta. It's called Xdmx. Just google it and you'll find plenty of tutorials. __________________ My avatar: "An obscure and non sensical pattern made to get people to post what they think it is" - Vamp Dimitri: Dell XPS M1530 Core2Duo T5550 1.86Ghz \| 3GB DDR2 \| 8600M GT 256MB \| 250GB Hdd \| BenQ FP202W 20" LCD \| MX1000 mouse \| Inspire T5400 5.1

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