[mythtv-users] Myth on a Laptop

[jedi at mishnet.org]

>
> On Oct 1, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Michael T. Dean wrote:
>
>> On 10/01/2007 12:51 PM, jedi at mishnet.org wrote:
>>>> Brian Wood wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What might you want to do "on the go"?
>>>>>
>>>>> Watch recordings? You can do that easily by just transferring
>>>>> the files.
>>>     Not so easy.
>>>
>>>     First you have to map the file names to something interesting.
>>
>> mythrename.pl --link
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>>
>
>> Yeah.  And, figuring out the right way to use the network file system
>> can be a challenge.
>
> One alternative is to run MythWeb, and use it to download the files.
> Current versions automatically give the file a reasonable name when
> you download it.
>

     That's still going to be remarkably clunky and bound to cause
normal type desktop users to throw chairs at you. Something that would
take the web server & php out of the equation would be nice. I'll have
to look at the remote control stuff later and see what sort of QD
prototype I might be able to come up with.