[mythtv-users] PDA Remotes using VNC

Bruce Dillahunty bdillahu at peachbush.com
Wed Feb 25 20:05:38 EST 2004


Ah, my dream also... if only I had time and skill to do something about 
it :-)

thanks for all the work, everyone.

Bruce

On Feb 25, 2004, at 19:23, Buechler, Mark R wrote:

> I think what might be much more interesting is a web server running 
> something similar to mythweb which can control mythtv remotely. I can 
> envision a series a buttons at the bottom of the screen (pause, rew, 
> ffw, etc) while having a program guide above.
>  
> - Mark.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Thompson [mailto:tray at penguinnexus.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 6:54 PM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] PDA Remotes using VNC
>
>
> This is my first post here with many more to come.  I am new to MythTV 
> but I love it and must put my thank you up here for all dev's.
>
>  
>
> My little contributions are going to starting coming in. This one is 
> for users. I have started using my ipaq h2215 as a remote. For the 
> server I got x0rfbserver. It was simple to setup and loads up 
> quickly.  For the pda I started out with vncview from 
> (http://www.cs.utah.edu/~midgley/wince/vnc.html). There are a few 
> noticeable problems with using vnc.
>
>  
>
> The problems are:
>
> Power off PDA vnc closes - yeah this sucks but it's not life or death 
> here. Give me time to rewrite the login setup/connection routines.
>
> No escape key  - Key binding didn't work for me, so I switched it back 
> and added an escape key to the key's menu of the vnc software.
>
> Sluggish - These are the screen updates. Useless as the screen is just 
> going to be blue for tv. I added a no remote window option and now 
> it's very responsive.
>
>  
>
> So far these are just workarounds. I like the way it works so far. As 
> I come up with problems I will fix them.
>
>  
>
> My setup is using Bluetooth to my main pc then to the network finally 
> reaching the myth box. I would like to add a Bluetooth adaptor the 
> myth box and get that working but we shall see. All the pda needs in 
> this setup is a wireless connection to the network. With this you can 
> do anything on the myth box as if you had a keyboard and mouse, this 
> includes running other programs other than mythtv.
>
>  
>
> I don't know exactly what this post was for but I got the idea before 
> from other posts that are outdated now. I am not sure if those people 
> gave up or what but I have added my limited programming support to 
> making a pda remote control. As such I figured this might come in 
> handy for others. My source code and complied project are available to 
> under gpl and should soon be posted at the main website for the vnc 
> software. If it's not at the vnc website I will setup my own. Soon 
> this project will be drastically different as I make an interface that 
> has some functionality. My programming skills on any windows interface 
> sucks though so maybe someone else will work on this with me. Let me 
> know if your interested.
>
>  
>
> tray at penguinnexus.com
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