RE: [OT] Vista MCE DVD playback

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As it happens, I believe I *do* still have a spare KVM ferreted away
somewhere... - I was going to dig it out & give it to my brother-in-law
to connect to his WHS server that he keeps in the loft, but perhaps I'll
press it back into service myself for a while. It's a bit of a big
beastie though, - a 2U rackmounter, so in the long term, if I'm going to
go down the offboard hardware route to work around their pikey
programming, I'd prefer to get a dedicated (and small!) VGA splitter, -
it looks a fairly decent one can be had for pretty much the same cost as
a DVI Detective anyway...

Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll let you know how I get on...

Paul G.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Paul Gale
> Sent: 02 February 2009 12:04
> To: UKHA Group
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Vista MCE DVD playback
>
> You haven't got a second old KVM have you - that might work for the
> plasma display?
>
> I'm just wondering if the DVI Detective will still work for you - is
> the VGA output you're using for the plasma a DVI port with DVI-VGA
> dongle or a pure VGA port? As DVI also passes analogue data, it may do
> the job - just put the dongle on the other side of the detective.
>
> Might be worth asking on the Gefen forums?
>
> There are loads of VGA splitters around but I'd personally go with one
> of the well respected brands such as Gefen again:
>
> http://www.gefen.com/kvm/dproduct.jsp?prod_id=3958
>
> Keene have a few - but for higher res displays you need one with high
> bandwidth such as this one:
>
>
http://www.keene.co.uk/electronic/kramer/kramer-vp250-2-way-vga-/-uxga-
> distribution-amp/VP250.html
>
>
> Paul.
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > Of Paul Gordon
> > Sent: 02 February 2009 11:34
> > To: UKHA Group
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Vista MCE DVD playback
> >
> > Not sure if or how powerstrip would help, - the problem appears
to
be
> > as
> > soon as the driver detects that either display isn't there (i.e.
> turned
> > off or disconnected), it undoes the clone setting, and it doesn't
> come
> > back when the 2nd display reappears. the primary monitor goes
through
> a
> > KVM, so that always appears to the PC to be connected & on,
(even if
> > the
> > actual monitor is off, as it usually is). If the plasma is turned
on
> > when the PC boots up, the clone setting is preserved. If it boots
up
> > without the clone mode enabled, I have to go down to Node0 &
reset
> it,
> > -
> > I can only do this of course if the plasma is turned on, because
> > otherwise the nvidia control panel won't show the 2nd display at
all.
> >
> > So I need something *exactly* like the DVI detective to spoof the
> > presence of the plasma being connected all the time, much as the
KVM
> > does for the primary display. That clearly means switching my
> > connection
> > over to digital though...
> >
> > My other thoughts are to not shut the machine down after the
clone
> mode
> > is enabled, in the hope that even when the plasma goes off, that
the
> > driver retains its setting. I need to test this though... I'll
also
> try
> > to test if it can survive a sleep/wake without losing the clone,
and
> > thus still be able to save leccy by going to a low power sleep
state
> > rather than a full shutdown.
> >
> > Lastly, I guess I could take the cloning of the display offboard
> > completely, and just split a single outlet from the card into two
> with
> > an offboard VGA splitter (both my displays are analogue VGA) -
got
> any
> > recommendations for a good 1->2 VGA splitter?
> >
> > Paul G.
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf
> > > Of Paul Gale
> > > Sent: 02 February 2009 11:00
> > > To: UKHA Group
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Vista MCE DVD playback
> > >
> > > Lol - yes - very frustrating isn't it.
> > >
> > > Yes you are right that the DVI Detective is for DVI only -
as it's
> > the
> > > combination of DVI, EDID and drivers that's been the problem
all
> > along.
> > >
> > > So, after a boot but with the plasma off, you have to go
into the
> > > drivers and reset the display  - and it displays OK without
having
> to
> > > reboot? (like the DVI problem makes you).
> > >
> > > Sounds like an issue to be cured with powerstrip again.
> > >
> > > Paul.
> > >
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