> I was wondering if anybody has actually managed to control mythtv from a web > browser. I know you can schedule recordings and all that good stuff using > Mythweb, but I was wondering if you can use a browser to change channels, > start > and end recordings etc etc. > > If you could do use a browser then you could use a cheapo colour wireless PDA > rather than an expensive colour iPronto. This has all sort's of nice features > that even expensive remote controls can't match. It's easy enough to knock up > a > web site, a PHP/Mythtv interface would be very interesting though. > > This would allow you to choose music through the PDA rather than the screen, > which free's you from having to be in the right position in the room. > Information on music choice could be sent back to the PDA rather than to the > TV. > > I've googled for a large number of options on this and failed to find > anything, > so figure I'm not using the right search options. > > I suppose what I want is a nice API to mythtv that I can use. This API should > return information as well, so that rules out a hack to LIRC.
Couple of things I can think of: 1) install vnc server which you could then control through a java applet VNC viewer in a browser. 2) Have a look at MythWifi - I think that's desiged to allow PDAs to control MythTV. Regards, Phill _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
