Remote management (remote control) of GBPVR

[psycik]

What does everyone use for remote control?

Up until last weekend I was successfully using UltraVNC with hook driver OFF - this would allow me to see the PVRX2 interface.

Now since updating video card, and running HDMI and 1920x1080 it seems to hang the system. I can keep the system stable by using the hook driver, but that doesn't show the pvrx2 window.

Any ideas? I've tried LogMeIn (Blank window) and Remote Desktop (Blank window).

[HtV]

Logmein works fine here, it works better than Ultravnc (with or without hook driver). I think most of the time I can see pvrx2 if the hook driver is off.
But it is a bit unpredictable.
Logmein works fine but it takes more time to connect.

Hans

[gEd]

I dumped ultravnc and logmein when I built my new pc on the basis that lless is more. I know only use remote desktop but it is far from ideal.

With vista I can't use the multiple-concurrent user hack that I had on XP and so my user is logged out from the server when I RDT in from my laptop. This then means either dragging my butt over to the server pc and entering the password again to login, or when I have finished in RDT, issuing a run, shutdown command to restart the server pc completely (assuming no recordings are in place).

No ideal but I cope....:-)

[psycik]

Logmein works fine here, it works better than Ultravnc (with or without hook driver). I think most of the time I can see pvrx2 if the hook driver is off.
But it is a bit unpredictable.
Logmein works fine but it takes more time to connect.

Hans

Strange, I tried logmein, but all I got from pvrx2 was the window border... so it was as useless to me as ultravnc with hook driver.

A mate of mine is using tightvnc, so I'll give that a go.

I tend to also use the RDP hack to start up a second session on the server, but that's for doing other filemanagement stuff when the mahcine is in use.

I primarily use the VNC connection for doing stuff while the wife is watching TV (and not the pvr) and so I don't have to get her to switch the tv to the pvr so i can see what I'm doing..

Its a pity that my new telly can do PIP while on hdmi showing TV, but not PIP while watching tv to show the HDMI connection, then this wouldn't be an issue.

[HtV]

WRT Logmein there are a lot of settings you can configure.
WRT Ultravnc: have you tried the java-applet? I think at my place it works better. You can use it from anywhere, you don't need the Ultra-vnc -viewer.

Hans

[martint123]

I used to use the commercial NetOp remote. It was the fastest thing I had come across, but I used to get occasion crash/burn when going into hibernate. There was an option to toggle that slowed it down a little but then supported viewing the PVRX2 interface.

I installed ultravnc as it seems almost as quick. Plus it is what sub uses to remotely control someone else's machine. I can't get a reliable PVRX2 remotely though. However, I don't use that much as I use PVRX2 as a client on the PC that I'm controlling it from anyway.