Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling a Frontend from a Laptop
On 06/04/2005, at 5:42 AM, Nathan Cournia wrote: I currently run mythbackend and mythfrontend on the same box. It works great. To change channels I use a wireless keyboard. However, the range of the wireless keyboard seems to be quite limited (about 5 feet). I'm looking into alternate ways to change channels. What I would like to be able to do is control mythfrontend from my laptop. This would be analogous to controlling the frontend from a wireless keyboard, but with my laptop I wouldn't have to worry about the 5 feet limitation of my keyboard since I'll be communicating with the frontend over 802.11b. Has anyone tried to do this before? If not, any ideas on how this may be accomplished? If you decide to go the VNC route, then you'll probably want to use xf4vnc (http://xf4vnc.sourceforge.net). This runs as a module in the X11 server and allows remote mirroring of the screen. This is handy because (a) the TV doesn't need to be on (b) if your TV is the CRT kind it's often easier to the read the text of non-Myth apps on the laptop screen, and (c) you can do it from anywhere in the house and freak people out ;) If you'd like some advice on how to set it up, feel free to email. Cheers, Matthew. ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling a Frontend from a Laptop
On Wednesday 06 April 2005 1:49, rick schultz wrote: On Apr 5, 2005 1:39 PM, Joseph A. Caputo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could also try x2x (or osx2x if it's a Mac laptop running OS X). For the sake of the archives: xremote works, too. http://www.infa.abo.fi/~chakie/xremote/ It works well under OS X (running the OSX X11 server). It's like x2x, only instead of mousing off the screen to control the other machine, all X events are sent until a user-definable key is hit. I'm pretty sure that's how osx2x works as well... IIRC you don't need to be running the OS X X11 server, and there's a hot-key to switch your mouse/keyboard to/from local/remote control (that's the most '/'s I've ever used in a sentence that didn't contain a file path :-D ) -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] Controlling a Frontend from a Laptop
Hi, I currently run mythbackend and mythfrontend on the same box. It works great. To change channels I use a wireless keyboard. However, the range of the wireless keyboard seems to be quite limited (about 5 feet). I'm looking into alternate ways to change channels. What I would like to be able to do is control mythfrontend from my laptop. This would be analogous to controlling the frontend from a wireless keyboard, but with my laptop I wouldn't have to worry about the 5 feet limitation of my keyboard since I'll be communicating with the frontend over 802.11b. Has anyone tried to do this before? If not, any ideas on how this may be accomplished? Thanks. nathan ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling a Frontend from a Laptop
Right now I use VNC. Works like a charm. Mythweb may work, but I have not tried it or read up on it. Chris. On Apr 5, 2005 4:12 PM, Nathan Cournia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I would like to be able to do is control mythfrontend from my laptop. This would be analogous to controlling the frontend from a wireless keyboard, but with my laptop I wouldn't have to worry about the 5 feet limitation of my keyboard since I'll be communicating with the frontend over 802.11b. Has anyone tried to do this before? If not, any ideas on how this may be accomplished? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling a Frontend from a Laptop
I have controlled the font end from another machine via ssh and forwarding. however this loads the front end up locally and I output to my tv because I use a pvr-350 On Apr 5, 2005 4:17 PM, Chris Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right now I use VNC. Works like a charm. Mythweb may work, but I have not tried it or read up on it. Chris. On Apr 5, 2005 4:12 PM, Nathan Cournia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I would like to be able to do is control mythfrontend from my laptop. This would be analogous to controlling the frontend from a wireless keyboard, but with my laptop I wouldn't have to worry about the 5 feet limitation of my keyboard since I'll be communicating with the frontend over 802.11b. Has anyone tried to do this before? If not, any ideas on how this may be accomplished? ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users -- -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version:3.12 GCC/IT d++ s: a- C++ UALC P+ L E--- W+++ N o-- K? w O? M+(--) V? PS--- PE++ Y PGP t+++@ 5 X R- tv++ b+ DI++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling a Frontend from a Laptop
I have a much better solution I use here (any annoying to my roomates while at it), i use x2x. x2x forwards keyboard and/or mouse movements to another x server provided you are on the access list. i usually launch with something like x2x -to machinename:0 -east Then whenever I am watching myth and need to skip a commercial, i just move the touchpad to the east of my display, skip the comm and then move it back to my current display to keep chatting on aim or web browsing. There is also a cygwin package that will work with xorg/cygwin that my roomate likes to use on his laptop, if your laptop runs windows. http://x2x.fanstvo.com/On Apr 5, 2005 4:17 PM, Chris Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Right now I use VNC.Works like a charm.Mythweb may work, but Ihave not tried it or read up on it.Chris.On Apr 5, 2005 4:12 PM, Nathan Cournia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I would like to be able to do is control mythfrontend from my laptop.This would be analogous to controlling the frontend from a wireless keyboard, but with my laptop I wouldn't have to worry about the 5 feet limitation of my keyboard since I'll be communicating with the frontend over 802.11b. Has anyone tried to do this before?If not, any ideas on how this may be accomplished?___mythtv-users mailing listmythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling a Frontend from a Laptop
What I would like to be able to do is control mythfrontend from my laptop. This would be analogous to controlling the frontend from a wireless keyboard, but with my laptop I wouldn't have to worry about the 5 feet limitation of my keyboard since I'll be communicating with the frontend over 802.11b. Has anyone tried to do this before? If not, any ideas on how this may be accomplished? I've done this in the past using synergy (I haven't tried this since upgrading the majority of my Myth boxes to FC3, but it worked great with a Windows laptop and RH9 server): http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/index.html When you've got this running, you basically mouse off the edge of your laptop screen and any further keyboard/mouse input is directed to the MythTV frontend. When you mouse back, the keyboard/mouse returns to the laptop. Pretty slick. You can combine many computers (one for each edge of your screen, or edges of those other screens). -poul ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling a Frontend from a Laptop
On Tuesday 05 April 2005 16:19, David Blackwell wrote: I have controlled the font end from another machine via ssh and forwarding. however this loads the front end up locally and I output to my tv because I use a pvr-350 On Apr 5, 2005 4:17 PM, Chris Gardner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right now I use VNC. Works like a charm. Mythweb may work, but I have not tried it or read up on it. Chris. You could also try x2x (or osx2x if it's a Mac laptop running OS X). -JAC ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling a Frontend from a Laptop
What I would like to be able to do is control mythfrontend from my laptop. I saw this article posted on the list not too long ago about creating a web-based remote control for Myth. I've actually tried this out and it worked pretty well, once I got through the install. It might not be as useful as the synergy method mentioned earlier in this thread, but it is pretty slick. A picture of the 'remote' is here: http://www.magicitx.com/modules.php?name=Contentpa=showpagepid=13page=5 The article starts here: http://www.magicitx.com/modules.php?name=Contentpa=showpagepid=13 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling a Frontend from a Laptop
Thanks you all for the suggestions. I gave x2x a try. It's great. Thanks! nathan On Apr 5, 2005 5:44 PM, Ramon Redondo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I would like to be able to do is control mythfrontend from my laptop. I saw this article posted on the list not too long ago about creating a web-based remote control for Myth. I've actually tried this out and it worked pretty well, once I got through the install. It might not be as useful as the synergy method mentioned earlier in this thread, but it is pretty slick. A picture of the 'remote' is here: http://www.magicitx.com/modules.php?name=Contentpa=showpagepid=13page=5 The article starts here: http://www.magicitx.com/modules.php?name=Contentpa=showpagepid=13 ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] Controlling a Frontend from a Laptop
On Apr 5, 2005 1:39 PM, Joseph A. Caputo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could also try x2x (or osx2x if it's a Mac laptop running OS X). For the sake of the archives: xremote works, too. http://www.infa.abo.fi/~chakie/xremote/ It works well under OS X (running the OSX X11 server). It's like x2x, only instead of mousing off the screen to control the other machine, all X events are sent until a user-definable key is hit. -rick ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
