[mythtv-users] Touchscreen

Peter Osterberg Peter at supergirl.se
Fri Dec 9 02:53:39 EST 2005


Raphael Pooser wrote:
> Dean Collins wrote:
>
>> you might be interested in PlutoHome, not sure how much functionality 
>> you can drive from your mobiel handset though.
>>  
>> Cheers,
>> Dean
>>
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>> *From:* mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org on behalf of R. Geoffrey Newbury
>> *Sent:* Fri 12/2/2005 5:27 PM
>> *To:* Discussion about mythtv
>> *Subject:* Re: [mythtv-users] Touchscreen
>>
>> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:52:30 +0100, Peter Osterberg wrote:
>>
>> >Jeff Simpson wrote:
>> >>
>> >>     I have serious thoought of buying one of those expensive boxes 
>> with a
>> >>     built in touchscreen. This is mainly because I find it 
>> annoying to
>> >>     have
>> >>     to light up my projector when I only want to start a music 
>> track. I
>> >>     think it would be really cool if all the standard Myth display
>> >>     could be
>> >>     presented on the touchscreen and the menu could be navigated 
>> with just
>> >>     my fingertips.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> If you are thinking of having multiple screens anyway, why not 
>> just go
>> >> the console
>> >> with keyboard and mouse route? Use the projector for actually
>> >> displaying video + etc,
>> >> and use the monitor for the menu systems. It would probably cost
>> >> significantly less than
>> >> a touchscreen system, and you can still operate it with a remote or
>> >> arrow keys very easily.
>> >> >To navigate using the keyboard is of course my second option but it
>> >isn't quite as cool as navigating with a touch screen.
>> >
>> >I didn't know that it was possible to tweak the Myth GUI to oprerate on
>> >two separate screen as you describe. Are there any HOWTO available that
>> >describes how to set that up?
>> >
>> >I can see how I can manage to get xine or mplayer to display on any
>> >device using command line options but how do I do this with the 
>> "player"
>> >that Myth uses for displaying TV or recorded shows?
>>
>> Another route would be to use a programmable remote, such as the 
>> Phillips
>> Pronto, Marantz RC9500 or Sony RM-VL710 series. All of these are
>> programmable with macros. The Phillips and some of the Sony RM-AV series
>> have touchscreens. And one of those would be much cheaper than a full
>> computer box with touchscreen.
>>
>> Lots of cell-phones are java enable these days too, and have bluetooth.
>> You could program your cell phone as a remote...
>>
>> I have a Sony-Ericsson T610 and there are at least 2 remote programs for
>> it...
>>
>> Geoff
>> R. Geoffrey Newbury                          newbury at mandamus.org
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> It seems pluto needs not any phone but a symbian OS phone, which are 
> not that numerous right now and generally the most expensive (not 
> counting M$ smart phones).  I was considering toying with pluto but a 
> symbian phone is a dealbreaker.
> _____________
I thought that I could use my iPAQ!?


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