[mythtv-users] Control with Handheld/iPhone

[Craig Partin]

> is anybody here who controls myth tv with A Nokia N770/800/810 or an iPod
> Touch? I don't want a remote control. It will be nice if on the Handheld I
> can see the same GUI like on the TV
>
>
> I made the app MyMote which is available in the App Store for iPhone/iPod
> Touch. Unfortunately, it is just a frontend remote control. The mythtv
> remote control protocol is not robust enough to show the actual gui on a
> separate device as much of the state is not available. For example, on any
> menu screen you can't tell what selection is currently highlighted.
>
> To be fair, it really doesn't make much sense to have such a remote where
> the full gui is mirrored between the frontend and the remote. There are lots
> of issues you would find if you tried to do that, not the least of which is
> the fact that the frontend UI is not meant for "touching", not even for
> "mousing".
>
>
IMO, the only reason to interact with the system while not in front of it
would be to change the music playlist.  If you're watching video then there
is little utility in having a separate GUI from the display where you are
about to watch video.  However, changing the music from another room is very
useful.  The iPhone remote program for iTunes/AppleTV offers this
funcionality and I use it all the time.
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