October 4, 2006
Another Great Tech Toy – Capturing a VGA Signal Using VGA2USB
Written by: Juanchito
There have been a number of times that I’ve wanted to capture what was going through my VGA connection to my computer. I’ve never had a good tool to do it until today. It’s called VGA2USB and you can guess what it does. It takes a VGA input and outputs it through a USB connection.
Take a look at the VGA2USB Technical Specifications and you’ll see a little bit of why I think this is a pretty neat tech toy.
This would be a great tool for creating documentation on various processes that you have to do all the time. It’s also a perfect solution for connecting to a server that doesn’t have a monitor attached to it. You know we’ve all experienced that in the tech field. If I’m not wrong, you could also use this to capture the video that an ultrasound creates. Yes, I’m interested in that because my wife’s pregnant and we’ve had a number of ultrasounds.
Here’s a screenshot of the interface:
It’s pretty simple looking, but seems to have enough features that you can configure it for your needs. I also found the list of items that came with the VGA2USB quite interesting:
1. VGA2USB box
2. USB “A” Plug to USB Mini “B” Plug 5 pins cable
3. Male to male VGA adapter (gender changer)
4. VGA splitter
5. VGA cable
The VGA splitter is the best part because you could hook up this connector to one end of the splitter so you could have a normal monitor connected and then easily attach the VGA2USB on the second VGA connector. Perfect for recording something.
I want to see the screen of “PC A” through the screen of Notebook, “PC B”.
Then, “PC B” have its own program to capture its screen.
How should i do ?
Carlo