On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:47:40 +0100 (BST), Peter Clarke wrote > > i use a redremote (google is your friend) > > it is similar to the skyeye but uses an IR sender to control the digibox > > i also have a modded tivo to rf2 box which i've converted to serial and > > use lirc to control that. > > I think I've come across redremote on my Google travels :-) > > > channel changing is easy (slow but easy) > > I understand that this is the case regardless for liveTV (MythTV > being primarily used for PVR purposes rather than watching live > telly anyway), so that's not a major problem. > > > get the program guide is just question of getting the right xmltv ids into > > the database. > > i posted all my config files (except for my channel list (enclosed) last > > week. > > I'll have a look at the archives. > > > note that i live in ireland so the channel lineup is a tiny bit different > > the channels you want are in the range 2101 to 2846. > > the lineup has changed in the last few weeks, so it needs a bit of > > tweaking > > Thanks for the headsup - this is all theory at the moment. > I have a test front/backend in a semi-configured state at the moment, > I must say that it is rather smooth, although I have had to alter > quite a few things - using the Debian packages (not official) as per > the howto on the MythTV site DVD playback did not work (for example) > - mplayer aparently needed it's runtime parameters in a particular > order! - but it's all part of the learning experience! :-) > > Cheers, > > Pete. > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Pete, I started using mplayer, but it doesn't support dvd menus and it doesn't work so well with a remote controll. I started using xine as it support dvd menus AND it works really well with lirc. (: -- random signature
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