[mythtv] MythWifi Remote Control plugin

[Femi Veys]

>Great! This was something I was trying to design myself...
>
>How flexible is your current design? A number of things on my own list of
>requirements:
>
>- Display lists on the remote control device (such as playlists,
>recordings, movies etc)
The plugin is intended to be used as a normal remote control as we know them 
from TV remotes. Right now very little feedback is given to the PDA. But the 
plugin is capable of sending arbitrary data with very few enhancements. The 
reason I don't send that much feeback is the slowness of the browser on the 
PDA, but if we used a java implementation for the interface, much more 
should be possible. Right now, the feedback is given in a seperate (small) 
frame in the browser.
I thought MythWeb was capable of doing listings as you say, so I didn't 
implement it. But the plugin is certainly capable of sending much more.

>- Control multiple frontends (eg play recording X to livingroom-TV, play
>MP3 Y to stereo in study), I think you have this already?
Yes, multiple frontends are supported.

>- Plugins for various devicetypes (I'm currently controlling MythTV via my
>(Sony) Mobile Phone using a small tool called bluemote, but this is
>*really* bolted on to the side of Myth).
No, right now it only works for TCP/IP socket devices. But indeed, a small 
layer could do some multiplexing.

>- Context-sensitive menus (eg when pressing play in the movies menu, my
>remote should change to match the controls for mplayer).
Not implemented, because of the slowness of the browser, but indeed, the 
architecture of the plugin makes this possible because it has full access to 
MythContext.

>I haven't done any serious work on any of this yet, but perhaps MythWiFi
>is a good starting point for me...
Yes, I think that some work could be based on my plugin.

I think the most important improvement would be an interface that is fast 
enough to render all kinds of information that is being sent back from the 
frontend. I think a Java implementation could do the work.

regards,

Femi

>
>Stanley.
>
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have made a Remote Control plugin. It is still in an early stage, but
> > neverethless usable yet.
> > It is intended for a PDA to be used as remote control using the wireless
> > network interface. It consists of a plugin and a webinterface.
> > The plugin uses bidrectional socket communication. So a Java client can 
>be
> > possible too. For now I have used a webinterface as most PDA's have a
> > browser.
> > The webinterface is highly customizable as the layout is stored in the
> > database.
> > You can find all information and source code on my site:
> > http://studwww.ugent.be/~aveys/mythwifi/
> >
> > I hope it can be of use to anyone. Don't hesitate to contact me if you
> > have any questions.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Arnaud Femi Veys
> >
> >
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