[mythtvnz] Android phones as remotes

[Duncan Kennington]

On 17/10/2010, at 2:47 PM, Jonathan Hoskin wrote:

>
> >> So i am typing this using my android phone.  Anyone know of an
> application
> >> that i can use to send lirc commands over wifi to my frontend?
> >
> > I don't think network-based remote control of MythTV has anything to
> > do with lirc? There is a Telnet interface for network remote control
> > (clients also listed):
> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Telnet_socket
> >
> > It's pretty straight forward. I once used it to knock together a quick
> > Sinatra-based webapp to control my frontend from the browser on my
> > phone.
> >
> >> I've tried
> >> mythmote but when my phone sleeps it disconnects and takes 5 to 10
> seconds
> >> to reconnect.
> >
> > Sounds like poor programming of the phone app. Have you tried
> > contacting the app developer to give them that feedback?
> >
> > I've got MyMote on my iPhone, it uses iOS4 multitasking so it remains
> > connected when the phone sleeps. Even when it does get disconnected,
> > it hooks back up within 1-2 seconds and goes back to the contextual
> > item it is supposed to be on.
> >
>

You can also go to mythweb from the phone's browser and there is a
rudimentry interface there.  The recording list is pretty good at least.
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