[mythtv] Touchscreen / Mouse support

[Denys Dmytriyenko]

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 05:41:40PM -0700, Erik Hovland wrote:
> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 08:08:18PM -0400, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote:
> > On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 08:34:10AM +0100, Allan Stirling wrote:
> > > Denys Dmytriyenko wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > While working on the touchscreen remote control for Myth frontend (still in 
> > > > the early stages...) 
> > > ...
> > > > I'd appreciate comments and any feedback. Thanks.
> > > 
> > > I assume you are aware that MythUI already has touchscreen /
> > > mouse support?
> > 
> > Yes, I'm aware of that. I've been looking at mouse support in Myth for some 
> > time but then I realized it is not exactly what I need. The thing is I don't 
> > need Myth running on a touchscreen device, but rather a separate "remote" 
> > interface, controlling existing Myth frontends (and maybe backends) around the 
> > house.
> > 
> > To better understand what I want, I'd recommend looking at MCEGuru:
> > 
> > http://www.mceguru.com/
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CII2crrTEe0
> 
> I forget if in the original start of this thread whether you are using
> or have seen mythremote:
> http://grizzly.thewaffleiron.net/mythremote/

I've seen several such apps - all they do is send key presses to the frontend. 
It is useful to some extend, but I'm thinking further - to be able to get a 
list of Recordings/Videos on a touchscreen and start playback. It would be 
even more useful when applied to music - you can select/queue tracks w/o 
turning your big screen TV on...

And controlling the playback (Pause, Rewind, Fast Forward etc.) would be done 
exactly the same - by sending key presses.

-- 
Denys