### Most of the official instuctions or tips and tricks have been migrated to the official FAQ, the less official items will remain in this FAQ till otherwise removed.
- Passthrough HDMI capture devices (sometimes referred to as a loop capture device). The Elgato and Avermedia devices DO NOT WORK! Look for Linux OS support when choosing a device, the expected price range is about $35-$70 US.
- Depending on your capture device, an HDMI splitter may work but will need what is called an EDID (Extended Device ID) generator, the monitor and capture device both generate EDID so the splitter must produce its own separate EDID for the host.
- Look for HDMI splitters - although there have been reports that these are not stable
- Please use the search function in Discord, some users have had sucess in getting this to work but your mileage may vary
- The better solution is to capture the stream in a dir and then use VLC to stream to that capture on another computer. This will result in fps loss.
- It's recommended that you review Arch documents related to what you want to do, while there are several folks in discord who can help, there is no obligation...they do it for the feels. So if you don't get an answer within the time frame you are looking for, it's advised you start google searching for what you want.
- Officially, no. You would be advised to make 2 seperate SD cards and swap them when needed. Unofficially yes and totally NOT supported. Please DM @srepac on discord for the script and directions.
(This ONLY applies to the older flashed images and is no longer nessessary as the newer images had the main partition increased, as a result, the MSD partition was shrunk)
- :exclamation:**It is expected that you are aware of basic networking while working on this project and that you have read up on the project prior to going to Discord**:exclamation:
- Fully working [example](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wgBZHxwpbJWkJBD3I8ZkZxSDxt0DdNDDYRNtVoL_vK4) of a Pi4 USB-HDMI KVM attached to AIMOS 4-port HDMI KVM switch (8 port is on AliExpress), with keyboard hotkey switching between inputs, and mass storage media emulation on a Pi Zero W
- PiKVM that mitigates HDMI backpower and requires no splitter board [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M9xUgNE_-P8GydKr_3qIgXUR9YzqApHNPhetRv3pcsE/edit)