Thu 24 Jan 2008
from open.neurostechnology.com
uber OSD hacker Bagster has done it again. This time, he has enabled the OSD to be remotely controlled from any PC by porting a VNC server. The video shows Jason doing a quick run-through of setup and use. For further instructions, see the forum thread and files. You can also download a free, open-source VNC desktop application to control your OSD called TightVNC.
Here are transcribed instructions. Note that for this to work, your OSD must be connected to your network.
* Download the files onto a USB key, SD card or other media.
* Plug the media into your OSD.
* Download and install the TightVNC client. Free software for non-commercial use!* Figure out the IP address of your OSD by navigating to Settings > Network on your TV. Usually the IP address begins with “192.168″ or “10.”.
* Telnet to your OSD. In Windows, you can do this by going to Start > Run and typing “telnet“, where you replace IP address with the IP address. So, in our case, we entered “telnet 192.168.200.72″ and pressed enter. Username is root, password is pablod . * Navigate to your media’s folder. As we plugged in a USB key into the OSD, we navigated to it with the commands (without the quotes): “cd /media/USB”
* Run the command indicated in Bagster’s README.TXT file (without the quotes): “./x11vnc -rawfb fb0 -pipeinput ./send_ir.sh -forever”
* Run the TightVNC Viewer. Enter the IP address for your OSD. Again, in our case, it is 192.168.200.72. Press Connect, and off you go!Thanks Bagster!
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