VNC is great for a lot of things, I use it often to remotely debug problems with my parents' computer. But, it's not the most efficient way of doing many things. It is basically taking snapshots of your screen & sending that over the network to the remote viewer ( it's quite a bit more optimized than that, but in essence it's redrawing your desktop to the network viewer ).
<br><br>Depending on what you want to do, there are more efficient methods. Most people use MythWeb to do scheduling remotely. There used to be another web app that allowed control of MythTV via a web interface. I don't think it was maintained/updated along with MythTV, because I tried it once and it didn't work.
<br><br>In 0.19, a network service was added to MythTV, so a TCP network connection can be made to the MythTV system, and MythTV can be controlled over that session. This can enable all kinds of cool remote control options and automation. Based on the original poster's description, it sounds like this may be the direction he's looking. Hopefully some apps will come along soon that take advantage of that network control capability..
<br><br>Combining the network control, and one of the new breed of WiFi enabled universal remotes could offer some great MythTV possibilities. Or, it could turn a general purpose device, like the Nokia 770 web-pad, into a MythTV remote.
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