stuart wrote: > Dave Ansell wrote: >> I wondered if I could do this some how with vnc and a bit of hacking of >> mythweb. But cant quite see how. > > The VNC client on the mvpmc, from what I remember, has no keyboard > support.
In this context, I think VLC makes a bit more sense. Maybe that was a typo. The idea being that Mythweb acts as the UI, while directing its streamed output to the MVP via VLC. I have no idea how difficult this would be, but if the VLC server provides some sort of API for controlling what it is streaming, a bit of hacking on Mythweb should be able to pull it off. You still probably need to do something via the mvpmc UI to initiate the VLC session, but once started maybe you could control the position and content of the stream via the web UI. > I think it would be far easier to contribute code to control the mvpmc > box... I agree. > ...over a telnet session. Or via the web interface. > I think the first and easiest thing to do is implement each button on > either Happauge remote control. But, as anyone who has programmed HPIB > or GPIO equipment can tell you that's not enough. We next need > definitive commands to jump to known states such as entering each > application. The point is not to use the arrow keys when controlling > the mvpmc remotely as that depends on the previous state which should > not be assumed. True, if you want a reliable command language that can facilitate automation. But deterministic commands become less relevant when a human is in the middle, taking action based on feedback they're observing on the screen. A simple first cut implementation might be just creating a visual emulation of the MVP's remote as a web form, with a 1-to-1 correspondence of remote buttons to web form buttons. -Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
