[mythtv-users] Controlling Mythfrontend from remote computer
Joseph A. Caputo
jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Tue Feb 17 22:07:48 EST 2004
On Tuesday 17 February 2004 18:56, 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?
I do this all the time, essentially using my wife's iBook like a wireless
keyboard. What you want is x2x (or osx2x for Mac OS X). It allows you to
forward local keyboard & mouse events to a remote display. It probably works
under cygwin, too, so you could even set it up on a Windows laptop.
-JAC
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