[mythtv-users] OT - Connect to existing session (VNC)

[A JM]

Does that allow you to connect to an existing session?


On 3/16/06, Joseph A. Caputo <jcaputo1 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 15 March 2006 15:31, Joacim J wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have the mythtv user logged in at the physical MythTV box and then
> > I want, from a remote location (WinXP), connect a VNC (RealVNC)
> > client to the same session. Is this possible and if so how?
> >
> > Using FC4.
>
> Recent versions of both XFree86 and X.org have a built-in Xvnc module
> that 'exports' the live X display.  There have been some recent threads
> on how to do this.  Try searching the list archives for "vnc x.org".
> The first thread has useful information.
>
> Note that you won't be able to watch video in the VNC session -- you'll
> just see a blank (probably blue) screen.  This is because video output
> uses hardware features (like Xv or XvMC) that can't be emulated by the
> Xvnc server.  So, the remote VNC session is only good for navigating
> the Myth menus & other screens, but not watching video -- with one
> exception:  you could run the frontend with "env NO_XV=1 mythfrontend",
> which will cause Myth to use the standard X11 SHM mechanism for
> display.  This might allow you to watch video over VNC (better have a
> fast network connection), but your frontend CPU usage will dramatically
> increase while watching video, because all decoding & scaling has to be
> done in software instead of relying on the video card.
>
> -JAC
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