[mythtv-users] Use remote machine to control Myth frontend?
Mark Hetherington
redcane at dodo.com.au
Sun Jan 15 03:28:41 UTC 2006
How about "ssh <mythbox attached to stereo> -x" (with x forwarding enabled)
then just run amorak, it will display on the local machine but run on the
machine you've ssh'd into.
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 11:59 am, Footer wrote:
> I have an older machine that I'm using as a Myth box configured as
> both a frontend and backend hooked up in my entertainment center.
> Since it's old, it has limited storage so what I'd like to do, is use
> a remote machine (another Linux box) to store and play music from but
> pipe it over to the old Myth box so that it plays on my entertainment
> center sound system. Both of these machines are on my home network
> and are wired (not wireless).
>
> I know I can make a remote hard disk to store and play music from but
> what I want to do is be able to use the remote machine to also control
> and play that music (use amaroK for example vs. MythMusic) on the Myth
> box hooked up to the entertainment center.
>
> Does anyone know if this is possible and how I would go about
> configuring it? I hope my explanation isn't too confusing! And I
> apologize for the goofy sounding subject! Wasn't easy to come up with
> ...
>
> :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> PS. I use KnoppMyth on my Myth box and Webmin to configure it
> remotely. I also have Vncserver working so I can VNC to it remotely
> but that's not what I'm after!
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