Re:Show HN: Another way to use an old tablet as an extra screen
by Gosper on Friday October 06, 2023 @10:35PM
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I know, I'd love to use my phone as a display via capture card so I don't have to carry a portable monitor to troubleshoot headless boxes.
The developer says the 15 and 15 Pro are only missing software, the hardware is capable:
> I’m sad to say that we’ve confirmed with Apple that it will not be working with the iPhone 15. But this can be fixed in software, so feel free to file a feedback request for UVC support on iOS!
https://old.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/16qzdtx/hi_reddit_we...
Re:Show HN: Another way to use an old tablet as an extra screen
by radicality on Friday October 06, 2023 @11:16PM
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Ahh, that sucks, hopefully future iOS will also have uvc support.
I don’t have the iPad, but just recently got the 15 Pro, and it’s able to do a bunch of things via the usbc port (wired Ethernet, SD card reading, driving a Pro Display XDR etc), but I wasn’t able to do something like that Orion app is showing.
Was thinking of pretty much same use case as shown in the app, where I could plug in an external camera and use the phone as a high resolution / high-nit viewer display. Are these apis only for iPadOS because the iPhones are missing some required hardware for it?