[mythtv-users] Bluetooth Question

[Neil Davidson]

To make this really work you would also need the ability to choose which
front end the PDA is displaying, if you have multiple front ends of course
:)

> BlueTooth is limited to about 700Kbps I think so viewing via BT is
> just about impossible.  Some kind of active display on your PDA would
> be much better than just a remote control application.  What I mean by
> active display is that your PDA tells you what channel your watching
> or what album your listening too.
>
> Maybe one way to do this would be by using a special MythWeb.  Hey,
> all PDA's have a browser right, and most have either BT or WiFi :|
>
> Food for thought...
>
>
> On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 15:11:22 +0200, Renaud Desarzens
> <rde_lists at desarzens.ch> wrote:
>> On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 1:43 PM, Steven wrote:
>> > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 1:43 PM
>> > To: Discussion about mythtv
>> > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Bluetooth Question
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Renaud Desarzens wrote:
>> > > On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 8:17 AM, David Whyte wrote:
>> > >
>> > >>Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 8:17 AM
>> > >>To: Discussion about mythtv
>> > >>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Bluetooth Question
>> > >>
>> > >>An obivous use would be as a remote control :P  I was hoping to work
>> > >>on this once I get a Myth box, but this is looking like being light
>> > >>years away :(
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Having a "light MythTV frontend" running on a bluetooth capable PDA.
>> > > Wouldn't it make a great remote to control the real MythTV
>> > frontend/backend?
>> > > MythTV is really a great piece of software! The only thing
>> > I'm missing is a
>> > > remote control with an integrated display allowing me to
>> > control MythTV like
>> > > most of us do now via our TV set. But when just listening
>> > to music (audio
>> > > CD, MP3, OGG, internet radio, FM radio, ...) it would be
>> > great not to have
>> > > to power on the TV set because of that. Having the MythTV
>> > frontend displayed
>> > > on my PDA screen would even replace a lcd display.
>> > >
>> > > Now that I'm thinking about it more and more... Is it
>> > possible to use a PDA
>> > > display which acts as X server? Couldn't we then run the
>> > MythTV frontend gui
>> > > on a PDA? Are there any X servers available for PDA (palm
>> > and/or pocketPC)?
>> > > Do we then need to have linux enabled PDA's?
>> > >
>> > > Renaud
>> > >
>> > You could run mythfrontend in a 320x240 (or whatever)
>> > vncserver on your
>> > backend and connect to it with your PDA. There are VNC
>> > viewers available
>> > for every PDA out there.
>> >
>> > Or you get yourself a linux based PDA (like a zaurus) and run a full
>> > frontend on it. Wireless tv wachting on your PDA, now that is
>> > geeky :-)
>>
>> Possibly one way to achieve it, yes. Will give it a try this or next
>> week...
>> but I don't need video playback on my PDA. I think there will be
>> performance
>> and/or bandwidth issues with a bluetooth connection between PDA and the
>> MythTV frontend box during video playback. Unfortunately I don't have
>> WiFi
>> on my PDA and any other equipment here at home and will not do any
>> investments on it...
>>
>> Renaud
>>
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