[mythtv-users] Mythtv over remote X connection

[Blammo]

On 2/26/07, Sven Nielsen <post at svennielsen.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to run mythtv in a remote X session on a thin client.
> For live playback I need to disable video overlay mode (I think)
> of the mythtv internal player (overlay does not work in remote
> X session.)
>
> I need to do this since the thin client I use in my living room is not
> powerful enough to run a local X server and decode the video locally
> (250 Mhz AMD, diskless, root file system mounted over nfs).
>
> I can, without problems, connect to my server, start a remote X session,
> and then watch a movie with mplayer in that session by using video out
> driver x11 (software scaling) and switching to 640x480 resolution for
> video playback.

<sorry I can't answer your direct recompile question>

Assuming you have enough network bandwidth to do this, I'd be suprised
if you have enough CPU to accomplish that...