Media center help

[shadghost]

I am making a media center that can be controaled via a web browser from a diffrent computer, the set up is the ubuntu computer is hooked up to my 5.1 sound and tv, so it will be playing the media, and i need a way to controal it

right now i have jinzora set up to play music from the web browser, just looking for something that will start movies from the web browser

[lovinglinux]

I recommend using ssh.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHHowto
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SS...SH/Configuring
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AdvancedOpenSSH
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHFS
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...68#post6926168

You could also try my media center extension for Firefox, called FoxMediaCenter. It is designed for a standalone computer, so it's not exactly what you want, but you might like it.

[shadghost]

ya, right now i do use ssh and vlc for movies, just want it so outhers can figure it out, like my roomate

[issih]

Enable the remote control interface in vlc:

(go into the preferences and then hit advanced or all (I forget which it is now), navigate to interface->Main Interfaces and select the http interface in extra interfaces.

Now just set vlc to autostart with the computer and you should be all set..

Just point a web browser at (hostip:8080) and you should get a web page for controlling the vlc instance running on your box.

Hope that helps

[shadghost]

i am not sure it would work good with biger libaries, but that is what i wanted, thanks

this is a long shot, but any ieda of something that does the same thing for tv tuner cards, like a way to get mythtv controled via browser

[issih]

Not via browser no, but you can have a little standalone remote app:

http://www.telemedia.ch/publ/myth-telnet.html

There are also iphone/ipod touch apps to do it if you jave such things (the one I've played with is called mymote or something liek that)

Hope that helps