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I've been playing around with some gaming tech recently, and I got to thinking: Can a HDMI to USB Converter be used to display Games on a Laptop Screen? I do have access to TV's, but I want to try this nonetheless.
An example of the part I am talking about can be found here
GipsyD
Posted 2016-11-19T12:21:40.393
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No, you cannot do this in current form. The converter is USB to HDMI, not "HDMI-to-USB". It does not work in reverse. These are two entirely different functions, and the HDMI-to-USB does not exist.
The dongle in your link is a USB device of video class. The host detects this device and works with it as it is a videocard. This "videocard" outputs HDMI format video stream for your PC monitor. It is OUTPUT.
To accomplish what you want, you would need to design a sort of emulation of PC monitor: (a) make a HDMI receiver; (b) make a USB device that looks like a video camera, USB webcam class, which uses the HDMI stream and converts it into webcam format;
This it technically doable, but the video lag will be horrible, so gamers will not like it.
Ale..chenski
Posted 2016-11-19T12:21:40.393
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