[mythtv-users] Re: Crazy VNC idea

[Christopher McEwan]

3) Buy a cheapo xbox and use that as a frontend ;) like I do, so the
GF can watch her programs while I get on with more serious work on the
backend !!


On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 21:51:01 -0700, Ross Campbell
<ross.campbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > ... so I installed vnc and fired up
> > > vnc on my work laptop upstairs.  Once I logged in, I brought
> > > up mythfrontend, and voila!, I was running myth on my laptop
> > > over VNC.  I can do everything, but I have no sound.
> 
> vnc is great for remote admin on fast networks. It's good for running
> through mythsetup, but VNC doesn't support xv or sound and it's a
> screenscraper, so you're going to drop a lot of frames.
> 
> If you want to view shows on your laptop, there are two reasonably
> good solutions:
> 
> 1) install dsmyth filters - (http://dsmyth.sourceforge.net), configure
> mythtv to allow remote connections and mythweb/configconf.php to
> stream vides via a myth://1.2.3.4/ like URI - use mythweb on your
> laptop and stream recorded shows via the dsmyth filters - see also
> winmyth (http://winmyth.sourceforge.net)
> 
> 2) install linux on your laptop and install mythtv. Treat your laptop
> like a mythtv frontend.
> 
> ...
> or get hacking on mythtv on cygwin and run mythtv from windows. Could
> we someday see mythtv packages show up in cygwin setup?
> 
> -Ross
> 
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Regards,


~CM