On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:05 PM, gregwm <tclugl at whitleymott.net> wrote: > i want to be able to enter a command whereafter i may copy something from my > screen, paste it into the screen of a remote computer, and direct mouse and > keyboard input to the remote screen. i don't want the remote screen to be > operating within vncviewer, that would seriously impair it's ability to show > video. what avenue would be best? what's available to help with this? i'm > hip to vlc http ability, but also want to remotely control browser viewing > of youtube and similar venues. it would also be nice to know how to view > youtube and suchlike in more favorable players such as vlc or mplayer but > that's a separate question. How remote is this screen? Your description of the problem is a bit confusing. If it is something that is visible to you, but connected to a different computer, Synergy may be ideal. It shares keyboard and mouse over the network between systems that have their own displays. http://synergy-foss.org/ - Justin