RE: Controlling MythTV from the network?

["Ward, David" <DAvid.Ward@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I think LIRC <http://www.lirc.org/> works with MythTV

LIRC can work with a very simple IR receiver circuit hung from a serial
port.
It shoves IR events out across the network.
30 seconds learning and it worked well with the new Apple IR remote.



Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 30 March 2006 12:46
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Controlling MythTV from the network?


Just been looking at Myth - looks good :-)

Was thinking of using an old box with a medium speed CPU (enough to
playback
as I don't need encoding support - yet) and putting it in Node0. A couple
of
things spring to mind:

Remote control - either get a supported IR device and control it via my IR
network OR use the supported telnet method and somehow get HomeVision to
run
the telnet commands on receipt of an IR command via the IR network?

Video output - since my video matrix switcher is composite only (good
enough
for most feeds), I'd need to distribute composite - no problem but my
50"
plasma is the one display in the house that would notice the lack of
quality. I also have component and VGA inputs to the plasma but as they are
already in use, I'd need either a VGA or Component switcher which would
probably be fairly expensive?

Anyone already solved these problems - what did you do?

Thanks,

Paul.





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