[mythtv-users] Frontend running on a PDA

Ross Campbell ross.campbell at gmail.com
Wed Apr 5 02:11:55 UTC 2006


On 4/4/06, Joel Ostheller <j.ostheller at gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay... The Technology is getting really close to running Mythfrontend (if it isnt already here). Has anyone attempted to get mythfrontend running on a PDA?

The simplest way to view recorded programs on a phone/pda *TODAY*
would probably be using MythStreamTV and a web browser/video player
and scaling it down.

If your pda runs Linux/GPE, someone's already got mplayer and vlc working...

http://handhelds.org/~gpe/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=portedapps&id=land_21776
http://handhelds.org/~gpe/gallery/view_photo.php?set_albumName=portedapps&id=port_13649

I would surmise that the fastest path to get a full mythfrontend
running on a PDA would be a full Linux distribution (like the Intimate
project that was linked to), but perhaps qtopia or opie (both qt-based
PDA environments) would provide most of what is needed for a lighter
weight PDA-based frontend.

Now, the wireless bandwidth and battery power required to actually
watch a TV show is probably a whole other discussion.


-Ross


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