[mythtv-users] Cool idea: Use wireless PDA to control Myth

[Brandon Beattie]

On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 04:21:50PM -0500, Derek Anderson wrote:
> i've seen those zaurus PDAs playing mpeg4 content...wouldn't it be cool 
> if TV could be streamed over 802.11b!  ;p

I was doing this with mplayer + nfs last year, but the Zaurus has a
hard time handling 320x240 mpeg4 type compression at full speed.  The
newest Zaurus may work better though. .. And the zaurus does run
embedded QT.. I'll smile when I see  that someone has taken the time to
port myth to it. :)

--Brandon

> Isaac Richards wrote:
> 
> > On Thursday 09 October 2003 04:15 pm, Jamison Wilde wrote:
> > 
> >>Maybe this has been said before, but I've been
> >>thinking about how to be able to control mythmusic
> >>without having to turn the tv on, and I kept coming
> >>back to a touchscreen lcd, but this was always wired
> >>and costs way too much.  It would be pretty cool if
> >>there was a stripped down frontend for PDA's (Palm and
> >>PocketPC) that could manage Music playlists and show
> >>what was playing, without the need for the TV/monitor
> >>to be on.
> > 
> > 
> > I actually bought a zaurus a while back with the intention of making a smart 
> > remote for everything, but I've just not had the time..
> > 
> > Isaac
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