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13 years ago

DVI to Ethernet

Hello All, I'm looking at my options to build a system where a video signal from DVI would be converted to ethernet packets. This would be for a streaming application. DVI data is converted w...
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13 years ago

Ah, you are talking about 4:2:2 or lower. Well, if you really intend to send raw uncompressed video over ethernet, you are pretty much on your own. I am not aware of any standard that even does that. So it will be your own custom protocol that will only work in your own LAN environment. I don't see why would one wants to even push that kind of bandwidth thru a ethernet. You are better off, directly connecting the DVI signal onto a Cat.6 cable for a medium length run.