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On 28/02/2011 22:06, Hamilton Silva wrote: |
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> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Matt Harrison<iwasinnamuknow@×××××××××.com |
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>> wrote: |
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>> Hi all, |
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>> I've recently started to set up a mythtv box for my parents. I've found a |
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>> USB DVB-T receiver which works perfectly and I've got the system up and |
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>> running on some old hardware. |
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>> Now I've been tasked with finding something small that can sit by their TV |
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>> and do it all. I've been looking at MiniITX machines with the nVidia ION |
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>> chipset that support 720/1080 HD playback and HDMI outputs. |
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>> My questions are concerning the digital output and remote controls. I've |
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>> only ever used HDMI/digital output on windows and it confuses me then. Is |
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>> there some added complexity to getting the HDMI output working (including |
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>> audio) with a TV? Is there anything to look out for as far as compatibiliy |
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>> goes? |
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>> And remote controls, the USB DVB-T unit comes with its own remote and |
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>> pretty much works out of the box even on linux. At least it works for the |
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>> basic up/down/left/right/enter, I really don't know enough to get any more |
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>> out of it. |
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>> The MiniITX bundle I'm looking at comes with a remote designed for media |
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>> centres and looks to be a million times nicer than the one from the |
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>> receiver, but is there going to be a lot of trouble getting it working with |
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>> Lirc? I only know a teeny tiny bit about Lirc, I don't know what driver this |
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>> remote will use so I don't know if there's likely to be any compatibility |
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>> issue. |
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>> As you can tell I'm not very hot on this stuff, so any |
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>> tips/help/suggestions would be much appreciated. I'd especially appreciate |
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>> if anyone could point to some known-good hardware for this purpose. |
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>> Thanks |
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>> Matt |
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> For the remote i suggest the ps3 bd controller. It uses bluetooth so, it's |
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> omnidirectional and works with mythtv: |
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> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Sony_PS3_BD_Remote |
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> Hamilton |
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That looks interesting, thanks for the reply. I guess I'll have to find |
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a bluetooth receiver to go with it, maybe i can find one onboard something. |
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Thanks |
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