From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pjotr Prins Subject: Re: FOSDEM 2019 - we need a VGA to HDMI converter! And live streaming Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:36:06 +0100 Message-ID: <20190122113606.zijdnj7nd2ogvbu3@thebird.nl> References: <20180827092319.ghxmbxb2mkjv2sat@thebird.nl> <20180830182037.g2pzfuhhjczpikzu@thebird.nl> <20180831115112.j4pz5p2s6yapwhcu@abyayala> <87in3q208j.fsf@elephly.net> <20190120131739.pmri5tdhqnmq6ahe@thebird.nl> <20190122095343.lwlo47s2bxu4fhn7@thebird.nl> <20190122111633.GA1175@macbook41> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41036) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gm101-0008Sz-N1 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:42:14 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gm100-00022C-CI for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:42:13 -0500 Received: from mail.thebird.nl ([94.142.245.5]:51814) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gm0zz-0001hy-Sc for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:42:12 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190122111633.GA1175@macbook41> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Efraim Flashner Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 01:16:33PM +0200, Efraim Flashner wrote: > On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 10:53:43AM +0100, Pjotr Prins wrote: > > No one can help out here? > > > > On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 02:17:39PM +0100, Pjotr Prins wrote: > > > FOSDEM from this year only supports HDMI. > > > > > > For those of us on older laptops, can anyone bring a VGA -> HDMI > > > converter? That would be very helpful. > > > > > > Also it may be an idea to stream some of the GNU Guix days. These days > > > that can be done with phones. Anyone interested in helping out? > > > > > > Pj. > > > > > I have my phone which I can bring. I'm not really sure how the streaming > part works but it would be nice to record it in any case. I saw people doing it in Kenya. I can ask. I feel like a noob sometimes ;) > I have a mini-displayport to hdmi adapter that I'm bringing if anyone > needs. I also have a DVI->VGA adapter which I don't expect to be useful. > I'm not sure if VGA->HDMI exists so much, searching online they're > always listed as hdmi->vga or as an "active converter". I might have one > somewhere, but I don't remember it ever working. They exist, but it is complicated hardware ~$15. No matter, if no one has one we'll have to share a laptop for presentations. Pj.