[mythtv-users] Remotux Released!

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Tue Jan 12 14:57:09 UTC 2010


On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 10:24:38PM -0500, Chase Douglas wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Ross Campbell <ross.campbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Chase Douglas
> > <chasedouglas.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I'm pleased to announce that Remotux is now up on the App Store and
> >> can be used to control Linux and OS X (10.6) computers! Simply install
> >> Remotux on any iPhone or iPod Touch and then install the Remote Input
> >> server by following the instructions at:
> >>
> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RemoteInput/rinputd
> >
> > Great! Very easy to get up and running. It has so much *POTENTIAL*. I
> > would add some additional info about what it can do, link to available
> > clients, and what it could possibly do in the future just so that
> > anyone who lands on this page from somewhere other than this email
> > thread will be able to connect the dots :)
> 
> Well, there aren't any other clients yet, but feel free to make one :).

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> > - Mouse + arrow keys/enter/escape - make left 60% of screen act like
> > mouse, right 40% devoted to large arrow key diamond with an "enter"
> > button in the center, and an "escape" button above and to the left of
> > the arrows. This would be a good "hulu mode"
> 
> I could see this being useful, but integrating it into the UI could be
> tricky due to real estate issues. I'm certainly open to help if anyone
> is interested in implementing, but I don't know when I could get
> around to it myself. I've already moved onto my next "big project", so
> I'll likely only do basic maintenance on Remotux and rinputd unless
> something changes.
> 
> > - MythTV remote mode - provide mythtv keybindings, but keep it simple.
> > Prominent up/down/left/right, enter/escape, volume up and down,
> > pause/play, menu and info.
> 
> Ummmm... Have you heard of MyMote? (And after searching, take a look

...yup. Your app works a lot better controlling a frontend even when using
that virtual keyboard (which is a bit awkward). Plus your app can control
anything else that one might be using inside of Myth (boxee,firefox,mplayer).


> at who made it too). And if you have heard of it but want a small
> MythTV interface in Remotux, it's not likely to happen. There's a ton
> of stuff that goes on in the background like retrieving key bindings
> from the master backend through MySQL that would make it too much
> effort development wise when the user can just open up MyMote when in
> MythTV. Neither app is terribly expensive :).

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