[mythtvnz] Android phones as remotes

[Julius Spencer]

I use mythmote successfully.  It's pretty good.



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.
> 
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