[mythtv-users] PDA Remotes

[Jesper Rasmussen]

I have tried to use the IPaq as IR remote control, thought I as not 
impressed with the range. I had to point the IPaq quite directly at the 
reciever, and if i moved further away in the room it could not reach.
Also often you  would have a couch table in front of you, and if the 
reciever is low you would niid to raise you  hand and point the remote down.
With a normal remote that is not a problem, but with a IPaq where you 
would want to actually look at the screen it is not as practical.

The aproach I would go for would be to have a client on the IPaq and use 
wifi to talk myth.

I tried to access myth via VNC from the ipaq which worked, though QUITE 
sluggish, and when the ipaaq goes into powersave mode it looses 
connection ofc.

Ah yes and another small problem of not having an esc key on the ipaq 
kinda limited the use ;) though i presume this would be solved by the 
.13 custom kebinding feature.

So this all leads to a Client on the IPaq, which as I see it could be 
done in two ways.

a) socket lirc based
b) let mythweb publish more controls like stop and play audio and the like.
c) "myth frontend"

a) would be simple to implement, but would ofcourse be a one way thing.
b) quite easy and nothing has to be done on IPaq
c) would allow you to display information on the ipaq, and have more 
direct control, and "knobs and dials" than (b) (same old "web ui vs app 
ui" story). I dont want the frontend to eq show the video or play the 
music, merly control the frontend on the pc.

Ultimately I would be in favor of (c), though ifcourse this would be the 
moste work to do. Hmm this is probalby a faq, but is the comunication 
schema between the frontend and backend documented somewhere?

(b) would probably be the fastest one to make, if it is not in the workd 
allready.

cheers
Jesper

Daborg wrote:

> Is anyone out there using a PDA as a remote for their Home Theater setup?  I
> have an opportunity to get a new IPAQ (Model of my choosing) and am debating
> the software to run on it.  The 2210/15 series has the NEVO software built
> into it.  The others do not and thus would need one of the other remote
> packages.  Any suggestions or information you can share about your own setup
> and what you would or would not do differently if you could.
> 
> I have a PVR 250 that I would want to control with it in addition to the
> standard tv/dvd/vcr/cd satellite setup
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Scott
> 
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