Re: [gentoo-user] any mythtv/set top box experts?

[Hamilton Silva]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuknow@×××××××××.com
> wrote:

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

 http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Sony_PS3_BD_Remote

Hamilton