Dan Ritter wrote: > Richmond wrote: >> Is it possible to use a local computer (L) to: ssh -Y to a remote >> computer (R), run a web browser on R which will then display on >> L, choose what to watch on Netflix, and then having started it, move the >> displayed browser window back to the X window on R, and then move >> it across to the television attached to the VGA port on R? > Probably not, and the issue is Netflix. The Netflix DRM talks > directly to the hardware. > > My guess is that you would bring over a browser window with a > big black window in it. > > You could try this with VNC; I think it would have the same > problem, but I don't know for certain. > > What is the actual underlying problem you're trying to solve? > > -dsr- > I realised afterwards that a better explanation of what I am doing would be something like remote desktop assistance, but I am so used to remote X displays that I was trying to think in those terms.
I have a pc next to the television which I use for watching netflix, but it is in an awkward position to use, I want to use a different PC the other side of the room to control it. A remote mouse and keyboard is probably a better way to describe it. X11vnc does it.
