[mythtv-users] Web based remote controls?

[David Fishburn]

>>
>>>> I was trying one flash based web remote control, but I could not get
>>>> it to connect via telnet to the box.  The website never responded with
>>>> help for the configuration.
>>>>
>>> Did you try this one? http://www.ifeedme.com/rocketremote/
>>>
>>> It works for me.
>>>
>>
>> Thanks Phil.
>>
>> This is the one that I had been hoping to use.
>> I followed through the instructions (months ago) and it needs to
>> connect to the host via telnet.
>>
>> There is no place to add a user / password to log in to the machine with though.
>> So how did you configure things on Ubuntu side to accept the connections?
>>
>You don't need a user/password, because the mythfronted program acts as
>the telnet server. You have to make sure that the 'Network Remote
>Control interface' is enabled (in SVN trunk builds it's under Setup ->
>General -> 4th page) and note the port (6546 by default).  Then all you
>need to do is telnet to that port and you will be in the control
>interface. You may have to allow incoming connections to port 6546 in
>your firewall, I don't recall how to do that in Ubuntu.

Ahh, that was it Tom.  Silly mistake, so much easier just checking
that little box under the Mythtv -> Setup -> General to enable the
telnet remote interface.

That is a lot easier than installing a telnetd server configuring it
and doing it all wrong :-)

Works like a champ.
Much appreciated.

Dave