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The poor man's VNC. If you have ffmpeg and netcat you can stream your screen across your network with two one-liners
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| # If the server has ffmpeg: | |
| ## For the server: | |
| ffmpeg -f fbdev -i /dev/fb0 -f avi pipe:1 | nc -l -p 1234 | |
| ## For the viewer: | |
| nc 127.0.0.1 1234 | ffplay -i pipe:0 | |
| # If the server doesn't have ffmpeg: | |
| ## For the server: | |
| sudo cat /dev/fb0 | nc -l -p 1234 | |
| ## For the viewer (replace 1920x1080 with the server's resolution): | |
| nc 127.0.0.1 1234 | ffplay -f rawvideo -vcodec rawvideo -pixel_format bgra -video_size 1920x1080 -i pipe:0 |
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Version that doesn't require root.
Server:
ffmpeg -video_size 1600x900 -framerate 25 -f x11grab -i :0 -f avi - | nc -l -p 1234change 1600x900 to screen size, and framerate to whichever you desire.
Client:
nc 127.0.0.1 1234 | ffplay -i -change 127.0.0.1 to the IP of the Server.
Tested on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, and Linux Mint 18.
ffmpeg 2.8.11