Peter,
Going through my email and noticed your note. I have setup mythtv
using a touchscreen (a modified PSOne LCD with a touchscreen on the
front). Pretty easy to do and it all seems to function with mythtv.
I can give you pointers to the docs if you want. Here is a pic of
it:
It was featured in the November issue of CPU magazine ( www.computerpoweruser.com) - don't
know if you get this in your country. The touchscreen functions like a
mouse so I am not aware of changes required to mythtv to support this.
Thanks,
Greg
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 11:50
PM
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users]
Touchscreen
R. Geoffrey Newbury wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:52:30
+0100, Peter Osterberg wrote:
>
>
>> Jeff
Simpson wrote:
>>
>>> I have serious thoought of buying one
of those expensive boxes with a
>>> built
in touchscreen. This is mainly because I find it annoying
to
>>>
have
>>> to light up my projector when I
only want to start a music track. I
>>>
think it would be really cool if all the standard Myth
display
>>> could
be
>>> presented on the touchscreen and
the menu could be navigated with just
>>>
my fingertips.
>>>
>>>
>>> If you are
thinking of having multiple screens anyway, why not just go
>>>
the console
>>> with keyboard and mouse route? Use the projector
for actually
>>> displaying video + etc,
>>> and use
the monitor for the menu systems. It would probably cost
>>>
significantly less than
>>> a touchscreen system, and you can
still operate it with a remote or
>>> arrow keys very
easily.
>>>
>>>
>> To navigate
using the keyboard is of course my second option but it
>> isn't
quite as cool as navigating with a touch screen.
>>
>> I
didn't know that it was possible to tweak the Myth GUI to oprerate on
>> two separate screen as you describe. Are there any HOWTO
available that
>> describes how to set that
up?
>>
>> I can see how I can manage to get xine or mplayer
to display on any
>> device using command line options but how do I
do this with the "player"
>> that Myth uses for displaying TV or
recorded shows?
>>
>
> Another
route would be to use a programmable remote, such as the Phillips
>
Pronto, Marantz RC9500 or Sony RM-VL710 series. All of these are
>
programmable with macros. The Phillips and some of the Sony RM-AV
series
> have touchscreens. And one of those would be much cheaper than
a full
> computer box with touchscreen.
>
> Lots of
cell-phones are java enable these days too, and have bluetooth.
> You
could program your cell phone as a remote...
>
> I have a
Sony-Ericsson T610 and there are at least 2 remote programs for
>
it...
True but that is a one way solution. I want to see music lists etc, I
want two way communication in the SAME device.
I can come up with
lots of solutions. This one would be really cool and
that is why I want
it.
All other HTPC projects I've seen support this. I think it is sad that
Myth lacks mouse support since Myth i superiour when it comes to
everything
else.
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