The Avocent setup was less than $300 all together. There were single-computer-connection devices for $300-$400 at the time, but that was too expensive. I still use that in my server closet, but the remote capabilities are a pain because it requires a very old java plugin that modern PCs just don't like because of the ancient java version. There are other HDMI encoding devices that can provide H.264 or H.265 video (and good quality audio) in a number of formats, but again that would have been clunky due to the size and extra power brick.Ĥ-10 years ago I really wanted something like that, but what I ended up settling on was an old Avocent KVM-over-IP switch (8 ports) from ebay. I've personally played with an LKV373 like he tried earlier, and it outputs motion jpeg at pretty decent latency so I think he COULD HAVE gotten it to work, but the solution would have been a lot more clunky. It is a bit disappointing that it doesn't(?) do more than 1280x720 resolution, but otherwise the HDMI capture device he used looks pretty great for the price.
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