Here's an odd question (can I make an analog camera's signal wireless?

Not exactly what I wanted to hear but it does answer my question, Thanks.

Bringing a coax cable over to where I need it won't work for me that's why I want to go wireless. I live in an apartment so I hope you don't mind me bending your ear a little more.

There is an analog TV tuner available by Hauppage. Coaxial in, USB out to a PC. I've done this before with dual monitors. Wireless monitor, maybe?
Still N.G.? like you said, not simple. I know. lol

Oh well, if there is not an easy wireless solution I won't do it. The coax is hooked up to my TV and I have a Harmony remote activity to switch inputs on the TV. It's not as convenient but I can live with it

Thanks again

The USB tuner does come with software, so no, I know it wouldn't be a "just plug it in thing" You should re-read my first post. I'm guilty of babbling while I type.

Thanks for your help. I have abandoned the idea of using my router and tablet. I don't see the software available in Android and my router will not make a good transmitter.

Thank God ha.

I'm Baaaack!

I did a little more research and with some trial and error I found a way to accomplish my goal and I thought I'd post about them. As odd as a request it is, somebody (searching) might want this information. My fault for asking a network guy a mod/hack question. I feel that the mod here may have jumped to a conclusion when he sized me up and assumed I was looking for a "plug it in" solution. I don't know a lot but I have opened a few cases and built a few systems.

I hoped to use the things I have on hand but here is what I found.

TV tuner for an analog station. This technology has gone the way of the Dou Dou. Broadcasting in analog stopped a few years ago.

I'm going to get a Hauppauge, 1191 WinTV-HVR-955Q USB TV Tuner. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DEYVXO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 This will get the TV station into my computer. I have done this before at a much lower price with a Kworld USB tuner. For the price of a Hauppauge, I started to look at TV capture cards (PCI) but those are going away I guess. With all the other TV tuner options that include streaming, I can see why. Back to the Hauppauge.

I did try a portable TV and even found a transmitting antenna that fit my coax cable. The TV did say it would do analog (NTSC) stations but it didn't pick up an analog signal during the channel scan. Didn't put much stock in that one, anyway. I was just excited that if it did work it was going to be less than $70.
Anyway, with the Hauppauge putting the station in the computer and with its software to view it I was thinking a dual monitor setup. My tablet wouldn't work. Might be the Android OS, might be the HDMI. I don't know. Both I think. Even tried my Chomecast. Today I got in an automotive headrest 8" monitor and it works! Tomorrow, I'll be trying a touchscreen monitor. Between my Android emulation software and Windows 10, tablet mode, a touchscreen should work. I'll have a security camera monitor and a "central hub" for my Google Home if everything works. Cost estimated, $200

The best part. Imperative I connect the monitor wirelessly. I live in an apartment and I am in a wheelchair. Running a cable from one end of my apartment to the other is a major roadblock for me. So I have a USB/HDMI streamer coming. I'll be sending that back! The Chrome browser will stream your desktop! I already tried it and it does work with a Chromecast. Pfft, I didn't know it existed. Probably read about it and dismissed it.

Thanks.

If I can stream to my tablet can you mention how? I found an 8" refurb tablet with an HDMI for $30.It's a lot cheaper than a touch screen monitor, I can save a lot of money if you do that.

The tablet is in my network but not listed as a device I can stream to. I tried a Chromecast with an adapter to go down to a mini-hdmi. Still didn't work. Should I use a certain setting, get an app? Is the HDMI on a tablet only an out?

Thanks! I got that app installed and it works but the screen's orientation is off 90 degrees. The view should be in landscape mode and full screen but it's not. Pinching it won't increase the window size just the text. It is very small.

Too bad, I was having a little fun with it too. I still have to look in Splashtop's settings.

I even checked a youtube video and the screen doesn't rotate. It's running Android 4.1.1
Whatta want for $30! LOL

It's the tablet. It's OS is 3 generations old.
I tried a youtube video and it did the same thing. No auto rotate.

I'll root it and put the Cyanogen OS on it. Although, "auto-rotate" is probably a hardware thing. Like a gyroscope or something. Ahhh, there goes $30 bucks.
I'll use to read. lol

As in an app? I was thinking that too but didn't pursue it. It can't hurt to look.

Auto rotate, there's an app for that. Fully automatic too. I just had to find an app that would work with my OS version.

I had to mess around inside Splashtop to use the correct resolution. Otherwise, there were black bars like watching a DVD. There is still some small side black bars but, I can live with it. The only caveat is the resolution of the computer monitor changes too. It's the monitor for my make-shift media server so I'll be turning that monitor off.

Thanks again. You saved me a ton of cash.
I still have to wait for my TV tuner to come in so we'll see then.

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipOMo2iaYYr66PLoFyhkHVvW0VhTkAmhVf46CQT7

Image tags didn't work for me so here's a link to a jpg.

Also, I found out why I didn't have screen rotate. The manufacturer want's me to DL a driver. They think I'm crazy or something. LOL

Any idea what might cause this?



Splashtop streams the desktop just fine. Matter of a fact you can see the Win 10 desktop background and its taskbar in this picture. When I put up the TV tuners stream to the Desktop it looks fine. When the Tablet (remote desktop) (via Splashtop) reproduces it, the screen is all black with the mouse pointer leaving its trail like in the pic.

I was chasing some kind of incompatibility but everything was fine before.
I was DL'ing different players thinking it must be missing or probably corrupted codec by the tablet.
http://imgur.com/VUZrBFT

like I said. Everything was fine before.

http://imgur.com/a/OcHr4





Yeah, I don't know why the Pics" might not show. Let me know if these links work. They were set to
community share.

I've been doing that this afternoon Uninstalled Splashtop and it's streamer.
Same results.
http://imgur.com/mzKtgTY


I tried some other screen mirroring apps and looked for software/driver for my HDMI to have an "HDMI in" that promised pc screen mirroring.
All no good.

When I made one of my pictures "public" at imgur last night somebody replied that video over a remote desktop usually doesn't work. Do you have any experience that says differently?

I have a 10" touchscreen monitor ordered and should be here Monday. An actual surveillance monitor with multi-inputs and the price wasn't too bad either. My thoughts are streaming from the Chrome browser to a Chromecast plugged into that monitor.

If that doesn't work the plan is to buy an HDMI streamer. Hook in up to my video card and stream a second monitor. That will probably have to wait till next month though.

Your thoughts?

I can still cancel that order if you have another idea.