[mythtv-users] control mythfrontend from another machine?

[Dan]

2009/10/15 Kevin Kuphal <kkuphal at gmail.com>:
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Dan <dansto.well+myth at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi -
>>
>> If I have a standalone box (backend+frontend) playing music out
>> through my amplifier, is there a way to control the playlist etc from
>> a separate laptop? (e.g. using a separate mythfrontend instance, or
>> some upnp app?)
>
> The frontend has had a telnet interface for navigating the frontend for
> quite a while.
>
>  http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Telnet_socket
>
> Kevin


Thanks for the various responses - a combination of the web and telnet
interface seems to cover most of my needs, hurrah.

Dan