[mythtv-users] ipaq as a frontend remote control

Ma Begaj derliebegott at gmail.com
Mon Feb 16 12:49:54 UTC 2009


2009/2/14 Matthew Zimmerman <mzimmerman at gmail.com>:
> I've been using a laptop pointed at mythweb/remote but that's getting
> kind of old.  I have an 5450 ipaq running pocket pc 2003 and I thought
> it would make a good remote.
>
> It's connected to the wireless network, but the browser in it uses the
> "mobile" version of mythweb which means the remote functionality
> doesn't work.
>
> I also thought of using it to broadcast IR but none of my recording
> cards have IR sensors (I do have a pchdtv 5500 which has IR input but
> it appears to linux as a keyboard with a driver hack ;))
>
> Even better than both of those would be a custom mythtv pocket pc
> application that just has some large buttons on it for controls and
> sends commands to the telnet port on the frontend.  Anyone know of
> anything that does this?  Any other suggestions for me?
>
> Matt Z

there is one:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Remote_Control_with_WM_Smartphone

Screenshots:
http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=184543&ssid=49336


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