[mythtv-users] Controlling myth from the deck

[Gordon McLellan]

For volume, go to smarthome.com or Radio Shack and get a stereo volume
knob (rheostat/attenuator).   Leave the volume cranked at the head
unit, and adjust locally.

For changing the song / etc, use an IR to RF extender, re-use the
remote you already have setup with myth.

On a side note, not really myth related, there once was a product
called PocketWerx Vinyl which was a remote control music library for
PDAs running Windows.  A server app sat on your pc and indexed all
your music, and the client app ran on your wifi pda.  It showed album
art and you could browse and filter with a number of different
options.  Basically it let you control your music library with a wifi
pda.


Gordon


On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Yan Seiner <yan at seiner.com> wrote:
> I have some speakers and wifi on the deck.  During the summer, I run
>  mythmusic on a frontend in the house, and pipe the music outside.
>
>  Controlling it is a challenge though.  Last summer I used a laptop, which
>  sucked.  You can't see a laptop screen in bright sunlight and running into
>  the house to change the volume or skip a track sucks.
>
>  Sunlight visible LCDs are way too expensive and completely unrealistic for
>  this, so I'm looking for something really basic; an old reflective laptop
>  would be ideal if I could figure out a way to hook wifi up to it....
>
>  Is anyone doing this?  If so, how?
>
>  --
>  Windows is like a canary in a coal mine, it's the first thing to die on
>  your network.
>
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