Post #1254701
2026-02-24 20:05 UTC
If I understand you correctly: You want to be able to record one computer with another one on a system level (the BIOS-party that comes before any operating system is loaded).
Although this is not Linux specific: your best bet is a video capture card as you've suggested already.
Anything else would depend on your bios supporting remote access which is not exactly the same (my server bios for example can expose a website where I then can configure it from within a browser.
The problem with video capture is that you'd still have two controls: one for the client and one for the host.
Depending on what your final result should be it could be actually easier and cheaper to just get a stand for a smartphone and record it from there and then crop it precisely.
You then have to only worry about light reflecting.
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@yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml 2026-02-24 20:18
Thanks for confirming. Your understanding is correct, I just want a way to grab some "clean" screenshots or videos of the laptop while it's in boot or BIOS parts of the system. I have a video capture card in my "cart" but thought I'd put this out there to the lemmyverse before I smash that "Buy" button. EDIT: I ordered [this video capture card](https://a.co/d/07MYtXvI), we'll see how it goes!
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@paper_moon@lemmy.world 2026-02-24 20:09
If you go this route and its a semi permanent solution, would probably be better to get a ip camera or something instead of a smart phone, that way you don't have to worry about the phone battery going bad from being plugged in 24/7.