Re: VGA–USB adapter, Ubuntu 12.04?

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2013/2/23 Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com>:
> On 23 February 2013 13:41, Johnny Rosenberg <gurus.knugum at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Have searched a bit but so far I only saw the opposite of what I want.
>>
>> I have a device with a VGA output, and what I want to do is to take
>> screenshots from it, so I need to bring its video signal to Ubuntu
>> somehow, making it appear in a window that I can take a screenshot
>> from.
>
> You need a video capture device.  Google for
> video capture vga
> and you will find them.  Does it have a Composite Video output (yellow
> phono socket, at least I think the video is the yellow one)?

It only has a VGA output, nothing else (except a lot of ins and outs
for other things than video signals):
http://www.google.se/imgres?imgurl=http://medias.audiofanzine.com/images/normal/roland-vs-2480-213183.jpg&imgrefurl=http://fr.audiofanzine.com/studio-numerique/roland/VS-2480/medias/photos/a.play,m.213183.html&h=879&w=1500&sz=285&tbnid=D5BWO8wOAcOVZM:&tbnh=65&tbnw=111&zoom=1&usg=__j_Qe5PTheP4FuaEqyi6RRiQxlW4=&docid=R1S2NSywTB6QzM&sa=X&ei=cNEoUcXGBsbGswaDuoGgCA&ved=0CD0Q9QEwAw&dur=1221

http://www.google.se/imgres?imgurl=http://zvukach.com/images/asset/000/038/396/38396/original.jpg%3F1359494124&imgrefurl=http://zvukach.com/oborydovanie&h=711&w=800&sz=414&tbnid=SxiSwR2-G6zeyM:&tbnh=85&tbnw=96&zoom=1&usg=__xyqTLEqlVB7EpjytyP_bUikBnP8=&docid=L2964BmWmJHViM&sa=X&ei=cNEoUcXGBsbGswaDuoGgCA&ved=0CDcQ9QEwAQ&dur=1066
> If so
> then then there may be a greater choice of capture devices to choose
> from.
>
> On ebay if you search for
> usb video capture
> you will find them, but whether cheap ones are available with vga
> input I don't know.
>
> Colin

Thanks for the searching hints.


Johnny Rosenberg


>
>>
>> At the moment, the only way to get screenshots is to use a digital
>> camera and taking a picture of the screen connected to the device.
>>
>> I have found some stuff that has the right connctors, but it seems
>> like they work the other way around, USB–VGA rather than VGA–USB.
>>
>> Any hints? And of course it needs to work in Ubuntu, since I don't
>> have anything else.
>>
>>
>> Johnny Rosenberg
>>
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