Request For Comments: Snakeoil 1.2.0 (Gear Isolation)

[agent_kith]

Now with all the web software updated, I finally have the time to sit down and cleared some tickets for 1.1.10. Still not working at the pace I would like, but at this time any progress is good progress.

Shout out to any Victorians who see this, I feel your pain. And this second lock down is going to be way more devastating than the first. Same goes out to the people of Hong Kong, regardless what side of the fence you sit on, hope you guys work it out. There's this Chinese saying, country before family.. I honestly do not buy there, family always come first. If there's no family, there's no unity. And if there's no unity, there's no country. Family always come first, if there's a family, then there's a place worth protecting, and a country is formed. Sure there are disagreements between generations, income and what not. But always stick to this mantra - family comes first. Both sides of the camp have to give way, and at the end of the day, the world ultimately have to be handed to the younger generations (for better or worse).

Anyway, my online order is still missing some components (SFP network card!) which means I can't really work on 1.2.0 ISO reliably. But I have some good news at least, the AVoverIP device I ordered finally arrived, and a quick test seems to work well.
 

So what this does is encode the HDMI output of a computer and send it over the network. On the other side of the network, I can connect a keyboard and control the headless machine in my music room. If this also works with USB ISO install it means I have solved a long standing problem and speed up developing/testing of ISO builds.

Now just have to wait for the SFP network card to arrive so everything can come together.

Looks like I also need to get another Pi4 just for testing as 2 isn't enough. The iea is to free up one but alas just don't have the time to sit down and properly work this out.