Michael I think has a rather close concept with it. You can get an rpii with a poe hat and with a couple of packages you have a network controlled sound or video device. With all sorts of options. On Fri, Nov 5, 2021, 8:57 PM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I think what you want is essentially a usb hub to network to usb hub in > the middle, or some middleware. Not sure this exists out of box. > > Doing some quick googling, as I know usb-to-network protocols exist, seems > there are a few options. This shows a company selling software to do this, > or also the open-source way (and why they are better). Admittedly kinda > cool actually. > > https://www.flexihub.com/usb-over-ip-raspberry-pi/ > > Basically use a cheap rpi as an endpoint, and a server software to make > the rpi's usb ports and connected device look elsewhere on a client > workstation/server. You'd then have a workstation/server that would > connect to that rpi as a usb server of sorts, and make a virtual usb port > look local to your OS. As I said before, Belkin made something like this, > but was crap software and like a 100 bucks for the usb remote "hub". > > So say you had a usb camera you wanted to "extend", you'd hook the camera > to the rpi, rpi to network, computer to network, and configure computer > software to connect to rpi for "virtual" usb ports on it. Your computer > would then see the camera over a virtual usb port as though usb direct to > computer. This could be for a remote mouse, a usb to hdmi video device, > etc. > > I have seen rather dumb usb ''extenders" that are usb in, ethernet out, > and you connect a few back to back, but these typically aren't "ethernet" > protocol, rather just using the cat5/6 for copper and some other protocol > over it, so no switch between, no multi-point, etc. Lots of AV gear like > this for extension, but not all is "normal" ethernet. The rpi method might > be good as it gets. > > My suggestion is if cameras are of importance, to move to a real ip camera > that takes poe, and save the middle-man devices, which is what 99% of > businesses have or are moving to. If other usb devices trying to extend, > try the rpi methods, as you could even put a poe hat on it then, and any > other number of modules besides that. > > -mb > > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2021 at 4:07 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> Thanks, but this is not what I’m looking for. >> >> “A/V over ethernet” not an “HDMI extender”. >> >> Dante from Audinate makes stuff that does this, but it’s proprietary and >> rather expensive. >> >> https://www.audinate.com/products/manufacturer-products/dante-av-video >> >> >> I’m looking for a more generic solution, if one exists. >> >> A lot of security systems offer them with WiFi cameras, and some use >> ethernet cables instead of coax. >> >> -David Schwartz >> >> >> >> On Nov 5, 2021, at 2:19 PM, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss < >> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >> >> Here is a quick example of it. This is full hdmi. >> >> Cable Matters Wall Mount HDMI Extender (HDMI Over Ethernet Cable) with >> TCP/IP Support for 1-to-Many Setup - Up to 300 Feet >> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OZV04BK/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_g_NCNDZY6Y7ASZQMAPFVKX >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 5, 2021, 5:16 PM Stephen Partington >> wrote: >> >>> This exists. I have used it before. You looking to send what kind of >>> signal?1080p or more? >>> >>> On Sun, Oct 31, 2021, 6:12 AM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss < >>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >>> >>>> I’m shooting in the dark here wondering how to solve this. Looking for >>>> ideas. >>>> >>>> Think about multi-port USB hubs for laptops with only a few USB ports . >>>> . . >>>> >>>> A guy I’ve been talking with said he's looking for something like that >>>> but plugs into the ethernet, not USB, and uses PoE for power. >>>> >>>> It’s basically a break-out box that uses wired ethernet to send data to >>>> some remote spots about 100 M away through a 1GB switch. >>>> >>>> His requirements include: audio (mic, headphone), USB video in, USB >>>> video out, some digital I/Os to turn lights on and off, a couple of spare >>>> USB ports >>>> >>>> The video is streaming 4k, probably H.264; he has the camera and a >>>> display device, and both work via USB. (There’s a reason he has chosen USB!) >>>> >>>> I don’t know if there are simple chips in these sorts of USB >>>> “splitters” or if they have a CPU like what’s in a Raspberry Pi. >>>> >>>> Is this something that an R-Pi can be made to support with some HATs? >>>> >>>> In my mind, it should be fairly simple. It’s mostly just acting like a >>>> router, right? >>>> >>>> A separate audio stream on the ethernet could go to a USB port with a >>>> common “USB Sound Card” where the mic and headphone can be connected. >>>> >>>> It’s just “audio over ethernet” and “video over ethernet”, no? >>>> >>>> What does that take? Is there hardware that already does it? >>>> >>>> >>>> (Dante has a small A/V board to embed in equipment, but you need one on >>>> each end of a one-way circuit, meaning 4x per connection, and he needs up >>>> to 8 of these channels.) >>>> >>>> -David Schwartz >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss