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An alternative approach that I've taken is to have the HDMIs from my work desktop plugged into a capture card on my main Windows desktop. I then use the preview from OBS to see the display and also hear the audio. Still need a separate keyboard + mouse, but I like being able to move/minimize my work OBS window off to the side when I'm not actively working. I also use this setup with gaming consoles so that I don't ha…
If you'd like to use a GUI, I wrote SimpleKVM: https://github.com/fiddyschmitt/SimpleKVM The GUI makes things (hopefully) a little easier to set up. It was inspired by Haimgel's project. It's nice to be able to run the monitor at native resolution and refresh rate, without paying hundreds for a KVM.
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Sometimes it also the availability of commands depends on the cable/adapter used. If I connect my monitor directly via HDMI to my laptop I can send all the DDC commands I want, but when I use an USB-C -> DisplayPort cable ddcutil couldn't event detect the monitor. Sadly I must use this cable, because it's the only way I can get 4K@60FPS.
Is that USB-C or thunderbolt over USB-C? One is an entire graphics card and the other is just a muxer.
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Sometimes it also the availability of commands depends on the cable/adapter used. If I connect my monitor directly via HDMI to my laptop I can send all the DDC commands I want, but when I use an USB-C -> DisplayPort cable ddcutil couldn't event detect the monitor. Sadly I must use this cable, because it's the only way I can get 4K@60FPS.
If you want to hack, you should be able to connect to the i2c directly on the monitor end.
I've read the project's description and failed to figure what it does. What's a 'USB switch'? Where should this device be connected to? "press one button on your USB switch and all your monitors connect to a different input." - if the USB switch has buttons - why would I even disconnect/reconnect it? The project's description is shit.
A USB switch is a device that allows you to share USB devices among different computers. For instance, suppose you need to control 2 PCs. Rather than having 2 keyboards and 2 mice, a USB switch allows you to use a single keyboard and a single mouse to control both computers. You press a button on the switch to select which PC you want to control. But you still need 2 monitors... If you only want a single monitor, the…
Now I got it, thanks!
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However, they're currently unobtanium. I've been wanting one to solve my working from home problem to allow me switch computers with the same setup.
Which is unobtanium? I just ordered a Dell 4K from Amazon about 5 days ago and it got here in 3 days.
As well as Dell's 40" ultrawide, that also has the built-in KVM (there are not that many models that have the built-in KVM).
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However, they're currently unobtanium. I've been wanting one to solve my working from home problem to allow me switch computers with the same setup.
Lenovo T32p-20 is also pretty good and not only obtainable (I obtained three just a couple days ago), but currently available at a discount.
I've read the project's description and failed to figure what it does. What's a 'USB switch'? Where should this device be connected to? "press one button on your USB switch and all your monitors connect to a different input." - if the USB switch has buttons - why would I even disconnect/reconnect it? The project's description is shit.
> The project's description is shit. I dunno man, this worked pretty ok for me: > This utility watches for USB device connect/disconnect events and switches monitor inputs via DDC/CI. And then a couple lines latter, a sample config that makes it pretty obvious how simple this goes: > usb_device = "1050:0407" \ on_usb_connect = "Hdmi1" \ on_usb_disconnect = "Hdmi2" Plug in a device & switches to hdmi1. Unplug & it swi…
A "USB switch" reads like a switch with a USB cable on it, that the computer it is plugged into can see when it changes. Which is fine, except the fact that a keyboard and mouse are also presumed to be plugged in is not said or hinted.
"DDC/CI" is similarly undefined. A program switching video inputs makes no sense: a computer produces video output, not input. You would need to know the program is sending commands to the monitor to tell that to switch to a different input.
Both of these facts could easily have been in the first sentence. Without, the whole article is noise.