[mythtv-users] Controlling Mythfrontend from remote computer

[Jarod C. Wilson]

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On Tuesday 17 February 2004 15:56, Raymond T. Gaida wrote:
> I am trying to have mythfrontend run on the mythbox and send keystrokes to
> control the frontend from a remote location. Ideally I would like to have
> the frontend displayed on the TV while I use my laptop to configure the
> frontend settings. I don't want to actually see the mythbox desktop on my
> laptop, just pass keystrokes. This could help me to alleviate buying a
> wireless keyboard.
>
> VNC and X-Servers are not the answer as the display being sent over the
> network slows things down, plus I don't see the changes on the TV. (I think
> VNC is starting another instance of mythfrontend) I have tried ssh and
> opened mythfrontend on the remote display, but when I try to use the laptop
> keyboard to control the TV's display nothing happens.
>
> Am I using ssh wrong, or is there a better solution to this problem?

Something along the lines of an lirc interface over the network would probably 
be the route to go. I see brief mention of the UDP driver on the lirc 
homepage, but I can't recall where further documentation is located...

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