you have it... just buy the 802.11g CF card I posted in the origional email and you have a portable mythfrontend to take with you if you have to spend significant time in the can =) (although, look for a better deal on the card)
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/4/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian Wood</b> <<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br>On Apr 4, 2006, at 8:11 PM, Ross Campbell wrote:<br><br>> On 4/4/06, Joel Ostheller <<a href="mailto:j.ostheller@gmail.com">
j.ostheller@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> Okay... The Technology is getting really close to running<br>>> Mythfrontend (if it isnt already here). Has anyone attempted to<br>>> get mythfrontend running on a PDA?
<br>><br>> The simplest way to view recorded programs on a phone/pda *TODAY*<br>> would probably be using MythStreamTV and a web browser/video player<br>> and scaling it down.<br>><br>> If your pda runs Linux/GPE, someone's already got mplayer and vlc
<br>> working...<br>><br>> <a href="http://handhelds.org/~gpe/gallery/view_photo.php">http://handhelds.org/~gpe/gallery/view_photo.php</a>?<br>> set_albumName=portedapps&id=land_21776<br>> <a href="http://handhelds.org/~gpe/gallery/view_photo.php">
http://handhelds.org/~gpe/gallery/view_photo.php</a>?<br>> set_albumName=portedapps&id=port_13649<br>><br>> I would surmise that the fastest path to get a full mythfrontend<br>> running on a PDA would be a full Linux distribution (like the Intimate
<br>> project that was linked to), but perhaps qtopia or opie (both qt-based<br>> PDA environments) would provide most of what is needed for a lighter<br>> weight PDA-based frontend.<br>><br>> Now, the wireless bandwidth and battery power required to actually
<br>> watch a TV show is probably a whole other discussion.<br>><br><br>I have a Sharp Zaurus SL-C760 that can run opie or an entire Debian<br>install, also has Opera browser installed.<br><br>I never thought about trying it as described but it can play videos
<br>from a CF or SD card, even does a decent job of decoding Divx. The<br>only wireless network card I have is only 802.11b, though I do have a<br>100/10 hardwire card. The battery can last through a 2-hour movie but<br>I've never tried that with the network card installed, I'm sure it
<br>would cut into battery life.<br><br>The unit has a beautiful 640x480 display, rare in a PDA.<br><br>Even if I could get it working it wouldn't be practical, just really<br>a proof of concept.<br><br>It really is too bad they never sold that unit in the USA, but it
<br>sure did free up a lot of memory when I dumped the Japanese<br>handwriting recognition :-)<br><br>I also have a GP2-X which can play videos using mplayer. It has no<br>network connectivity, but it does have an SD slot and the makers say
<br>they might have SDIO capability in the future. The display is not as<br>good as the Z though.<br><br>I know, I have way too much hardware hanging around, but one has to<br>have something to play with :-)<br>_______________________________________________
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