you might be interested in PlutoHome, not sure how much functionality
you can drive from your mobiel handset though.
Cheers,
Dean
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*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of R. Geoffrey Newbury
*Sent:* Fri 12/2/2005 5:27 PM
*To:* Discussion about mythtv
*Subject:* Re: [mythtv-users] Touchscreen
On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:52:30 +0100, Peter Osterberg wrote:
>Jeff Simpson wrote:
>>
>> I have serious thoought of buying one of those expensive boxes
with a
>> built in touchscreen. This is mainly because I find it
annoying to
>> have
>> to light up my projector when I only want to start a music
track. I
>> think it would be really cool if all the standard Myth display
>> could be
>> presented on the touchscreen and the menu could be navigated
with just
>> my fingertips.
>>
>>
>> If you are thinking of having multiple screens anyway, why not
just go
>> the console
>> with keyboard and mouse route? Use the projector for actually
>> displaying video + etc,
>> and use the monitor for the menu systems. It would probably cost
>> significantly less than
>> a touchscreen system, and you can still operate it with a remote or
>> arrow keys very easily.
>> >To navigate using the keyboard is of course my second option but it
>isn't quite as cool as navigating with a touch screen.
>
>I didn't know that it was possible to tweak the Myth GUI to oprerate on
>two separate screen as you describe. Are there any HOWTO available that
>describes how to set that up?
>
>I can see how I can manage to get xine or mplayer to display on any
>device using command line options but how do I do this with the
"player"
>that Myth uses for displaying TV or recorded shows?
Another route would be to use a programmable remote, such as the
Phillips
Pronto, Marantz RC9500 or Sony RM-VL710 series. All of these are
programmable with macros. The Phillips and some of the Sony RM-AV series
have touchscreens. And one of those would be much cheaper than a full
computer box with touchscreen.
Lots of cell-phones are java enable these days too, and have bluetooth.
You could program your cell phone as a remote...
I have a Sony-Ericsson T610 and there are at least 2 remote programs for
it...
Geoff
R. Geoffrey Newbury [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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905-271-9600 Mississauga,Ontario, Canada
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