From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?Q?G=C3=A1bor_Boskovits?= Subject: Re: FOSDEM 2019 - we need a VGA to HDMI converter! And live streaming Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:47:21 +0100 Message-ID: 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> <20190122113606.zijdnj7nd2ogvbu3@thebird.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:53243) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gm21U-0004Wj-1M for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:47:49 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gm21S-000671-Pp for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:47:47 -0500 Received: from mail-io1-xd2b.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2b]:39528) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gm21S-00060e-Gn for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:47:46 -0500 Received: by mail-io1-xd2b.google.com with SMTP id k7so20150553iob.6 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:47:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20190122113606.zijdnj7nd2ogvbu3@thebird.nl> 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: Pjotr Prins Cc: Guix-devel Hello, Pjotr Prins ezt =C3=ADrta (id=C5=91pont: 2019. = jan. 22., K, 19:50): > > 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 d= ays > > > > 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 streamin= g > > 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 looked a bit around, istm the android youtube and twitter app does have an option to do so. I will experiment a bit with this tomorrow. I also had a look around if we could use some matrix.org things to get a big video conference call, but maybe we should not do that. I would like to have a look at that option too. Does anyone have a more free-ish idea? > > 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 on= e > > 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. > Best regards, g_bor