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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>you might be interested in
PlutoHome, not sure how much functionality you can drive from your mobiel
handset though.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dean</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org on behalf
of R. Geoffrey Newbury<BR><B>Sent:</B> Fri 12/2/2005 5:27 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
Discussion about mythtv<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [mythtv-users]
Touchscreen<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:52:30 +0100, Peter Osterberg
wrote:<BR><BR>>Jeff Simpson
wrote:<BR>>><BR>>> I have serious thoought
of buying one of those expensive boxes with
a<BR>>> built in touchscreen. This is mainly
because I find it annoying to<BR>>>
have<BR>>> to light up my projector when I only
want to start a music track. I<BR>>> think it
would be really cool if all the standard Myth
display<BR>>> could
be<BR>>> presented on the touchscreen and the menu
could be navigated with just<BR>>> my
fingertips.<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> If you are thinking of having
multiple screens anyway, why not just go<BR>>> the console<BR>>>
with keyboard and mouse route? Use the projector for actually<BR>>>
displaying video + etc,<BR>>> and use the monitor for the menu systems. It
would probably cost<BR>>> significantly less than<BR>>> a
touchscreen system, and you can still operate it with a remote or<BR>>>
arrow keys very easily.<BR>>> <BR>>To navigate using the keyboard
is of course my second option but it<BR>>isn't quite as cool as navigating
with a touch screen.<BR>><BR>>I didn't know that it was possible to tweak
the Myth GUI to oprerate on<BR>>two separate screen as you describe. Are
there any HOWTO available that<BR>>describes how to set that
up?<BR>><BR>>I can see how I can manage to get xine or mplayer to display
on any<BR>>device using command line options but how do I do this with the
"player"<BR>>that Myth uses for displaying TV or recorded
shows?<BR><BR>Another route would be to use a programmable remote, such as the
Phillips<BR>Pronto, Marantz RC9500 or Sony RM-VL710 series. All of these
are<BR>programmable with macros. The Phillips and some of the Sony RM-AV
series<BR>have touchscreens. And one of those would be much cheaper than a
full<BR>computer box with touchscreen.<BR><BR>Lots of cell-phones are java
enable these days too, and have bluetooth.<BR>You could program your cell phone
as a remote...<BR><BR>I have a Sony-Ericsson T610 and there are at least 2
remote programs for<BR>it...<BR><BR>Geoff<BR>R. Geoffrey
Newbury
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