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Re: JetKVM Mini

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Post by apitman »

gainsurier wrote: post #139

The most groundbreaking aspect of this product is its MCU-based solution, and it uses software encoding on the controlled machine to achieve 4K@60. 4K is not needed in BIOS scenarios.

There are a lot more devices being released built on esp32s lately. e-readers are another example. I suspect with current hardware prices we might see a significant rise in consumer compute being limited to these types of devices, and a corresponding push to make software efficient enough to run on them. Could be interesting.

Re: JetKVM Mini

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Post by apitman »

Shank wrote: post #3

I own 3 JetKVMs, of which two of them stopped working, one of which doesn't boot at all and the other that never connects to network. The third I took out of service because the keyboard wouldn't send input when it was connected for more than a couple months. I'm sure the newer hardware is better, but I'm very unhappy with my JetKVMs.

Have you tried hooking an LLM up to them to see if it can figure out what's wrong?

Re: JetKVM Mini

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Post by apitman »

doctorhandshake wrote: post #121
kllrnohj wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

why not just configure Windows to mirror the displays? That seems a lot cheaper and more flexible than pass through. And you wouldn't need to worry about matching resolutions and refresh rates

In that case I’d need a 1080 physical display on the machine mirrored to the KVM. For the type of stuff I’m doing that’s a bad use of monitor / desk real estate.

Would a HDMI dummy plug work?

Re: JetKVM Mini

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Post by Terretta »

woadwarrior01 wrote: post #57

On a related note, I came across this USB-C KVM on pre-order the other day. It ostensibly supports Tailscale, which would be really useful. https://sipeed.com/nanokvm-go

Was posting "Now make it join Tailnets." to the comments then saw your remark.

TY for link.

Re: JetKVM Mini

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Post by LoganDark »

TiredOfLife wrote: post #49
LoganDark wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The practical answer for right now is that I don't want software screen capture, but it also does not do any of the things I wanted to be able to do by having remote inputs directed to the hardware rather than simulated in software. Namely it requires software installation on the server, which means OS support becomes a thing, you can't use it in BIOS/firmware, etc.

Sunshine works on linux and windows, screen capture uses parts of the gpu meant to do that as result you get lower latency than separate capture and encode.

Windows behaves badly during screen capture. I don't care if the gpu has a dedicated encoder and it is absolutely not lower latency than the gpu's native display output.

Re: JetKVM Mini

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Post by Terretta »

peroo wrote: post #15
LoganDark wrote: post #10

Are there any good KVMs for gaming? Right now, I use a capture card for video, connect the mouse directly to the destination, and use a piece of software called Deskflow to transmit my keyboard. But Deskflow occasionally crashes, so it'd be nice to have a hardware solution (also that can be used for BIOS/etc). And Deskflow also won't work if I install SteamOS, once Nvidia works. I looked at making a solution myself,…

Why do you need to use a KVM rather than Sunshine+Moonlight? That's pretty much the gold standard for remote gaming.

Perhaps one wishes to remote KVM consoles.

Re: JetKVM Mini

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Post by chromatin »

tomasphan wrote: post #132
gregwebs wrote: post #110

This author has tested a lot of IP KVMs and compares them in this post: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/i-tested-every-ip-kvm... He likes JetKVM. However, they appear to be sold out. The Mini seems great but I have yet to receive a preordered item on the advertised timeline. That article pointed to ArkKVM which is a hardware clone of JetKVM but they have now released their own software stack as open source whi…

It’s 3x the cost of jetKVM though. For someone with 8 machines in their home lab this is a big commitment.

It's not though.

JetKVM typically $100-120 ArkKVM $99-115

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