Dave Ansell wrote: > >> Dave Ansell wrote: >>> Hi, >>> Is there any way to achieve remote contol of mvpmc via the >>> network rather than IR. >>> >>> ie similar to telnet control in mythfrontend ... >>> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Telnet_socket >>> >>> I was hoping to use Nokia N800 as a network remote control as I >>> am already using it for Slimserver. >>> >>> Better still if the GUI could be duplicated on the N800 whilst >>> still streaming video output via the mvp. >>> >>> Doesn't look possible from what I have read but I thought I would >>> ask just in case. >>> >>> many thanks, >>> Dave >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >> >> The MClient feature in mvpmc can be controlled just like any other >> SqueezeCenter (aka SlimServer) client. You can even boot up the mvpmc >> box into MClient using command line options. This way you could run >> mvpmc headless (w/o a TV) and not even bother w/the mvpmc remote control. >> >> If you are talking about other features of mvpmc, I think Martin has >> incorporated some networking controls. There is a burp about the web >> server in mvpmc which is used to configure volatile settings here: >> http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/webinterface >> >> I think we tossed around ideas about internet control before. But I >> don't know what came of it. >> >> If you want a mvpmc GUI menu on the Nokia, I think you will have to >> learn how to program it. AFAIK, there is only a VLC viewer feature in >> the mvpmc code. No VLC server let alone a virtual console (which is >> what I think you are hinting at) that could send out an image of the >> mvpmc menu while watching a video. >> >> > > Thanks. I am happy with control of Slimserver, but I dont really use > mclient for music as I have a Transporter. > Really trying to do a similar thing for video on the mvp (using mythtv) > > The Mythweb interface actually does most of what I want. Could just do > with adding a button in MythWeb recorded shows to "Stream to mvp". > > I wondered if I could do this some how with vnc and a bit of hacking of > mythweb. But cant quite see how.
Ah you have a Transporter. The only thing mclient has on that is browse by album covers. Otherwise the Transporter has nice VFDs and can decode FLAC locally. You might say the Transporter has better A/D hardware. But if you use the SPDIF out on both boxes that becomes a non-issue. The VNC client on the mvpmc, from what I remember, has no keyboard support. That is, it only displayed the remote console. You would have to contribute some mvpmc code. You could probably get away with only supporting the 4 directions buttons, the enter button and perhaps the back button for ESC. But you would still need to deal with switching back and forth from the local VNC viewer to the local mythtv mvpmc applications. Further, if you are running a Windoze based mythtv server, you would have to sacrifice its one and only console as the VNC server. Even if you were running some Linux distribution with many virtual consoles, running that extra mythfrontend would soak up the server's processor time. I think it would be far easier to contribute code to control the mvpmc box over a telnet session. Similar to the CLI port on SqueezeCenter. But we should first check the code or w/Martin to see what, if anything, has already been done. I think the first and easiest thing to do is implement each button on either Happauge remote control. But, as anyone who has programmed HPIB or GPIO equipment can tell you that's not enough. We next need definitive commands to jump to known states such as entering each application. The point is not to use the arrow keys when controlling the mvpmc remotely as that depends on the previous state which should not be assumed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list Mvpmc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
