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Yep Pipe 1080i HDMI/HD Component + Digital Audio into any PC ...

...So long as you don't mind using MacOS or Windows or not capturing HDCP stuff* 

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34318
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/products/intensity/

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"When connected to these copy protected sources, the HDMI specification defines that Intensity cards cannot capture."

The Core is the master, sky/cable/hifi's/DVD players etc. are the slaves. I want LMCE to treat a windows box in the same way as a slave device, using the windows box as a console not a pc, but unlike a console windows can run programs to accept control inputs from alternative outside sources.

Run the windows box on 'Direct A/V' and control it through the LMCE core to get mainstream games seamlessly integrated into a LMCE setup, instead of switching to a different controller, using slow clunky remote desktop or changing a kvm switch. This would follow LMCE's K.I.S.S. approach to everything.

Possibly an easier alternative to mouse/keyboard over IP is a crossover serial cable connected between the core and windows box and use windows' accessibility 'serial keys' function then all that's needed is a new control profile to be added to the serial device control list.

This is a suggestion for some future version of LMCE. I'm not looking for a solution because I don't have a Windows gaming box for my tv yet.

I don't mean remote desktop or a windows based media director.

I mean have a Windows PC connected to a TV input or capture card. LMCE would be able to set the tv to the windows box's channel and then pass mouse/keyboard inputs to it via ethernet.

See my attached MS Paint masterpiece for how you'd connect this up.

It'd be possible to play games via other media directors just route keyboard/mouse from those directors to the winbox and use the existing LMCE Video over IP to the media directors. I dunno how bad latency would be though.
Maybe implement USB over IP to use game controllers from media directors.

I know, I know. This is my first post on these forums (Hello) and I've just suggested this!

However, for all of windows faults it is still the only PC OS which gets major games support. I know LMCE can set all the inputs on TV/Hifi's etc to connect a WinMCE box. A WinMCE-remote/Mouse/keyboard over IP would significantly improve the integration especially since you can't control a windows pc with a gamepad, which is what I see people using to play games with.

So you'd select WinMCE on LMCE interface and use the same (Mouse/Gyro) LMCE controller to start your game and then pick up your gamepad to play it. Or with a more complicated bit of software the game could be selected from within LMCE (Maybe mirrored start menu contents?).

While this isn't an essential feature, I see it being a simple way of adding major game titles to an LMCE setup.

To answer an inevitable replies:

• I don't think many people will want to play a FPS (for example) for any amount of time using a mouse on the sofa. Console makers have proven this with their consistent use of gamepads.
• Serious PC gamers will have a gaming box setup elsewhere so they aren't the target for this feature