On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 02:42:42 -0800, Dan wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you have the right receiver, I don't see how using your old TiVo > controller couldn't be done. > > I'm not the person to ask how to do this however =) > > On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 11:08:29 -0500, Ben Giddings > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 26, 2005, at 18:29, Donavan Stanley wrote: > > >> Hitting the TiVo button from anywhere in the UI will bring you > > >> back to the main menu. In Myth, I don't think you can do this. > > > > > > Myth goes a lot further than that. Check out the jump points you can > > > bind remote presses to. (again in mythweb) You can jump to any area > > > within myth via a single remote press. > > > > > >> Although I mapped the "Go/Home" button on my Silver Hauppauge remote > > >> to > > >> go to the TV recordings screen, it didn't work when I was in a setup > > >> screen. > > > > > > That's because you need to explictly accept or reject settings. > > > > Right, well I personally think it would be more useful if a jump point > > keybinding would always work. If you were in the middle of changing a > > setting it would abandon the change and go. But that's just a personal > > opinion. > > > > >> Finally, it was nice to be able to decide for myself what the > > >> remote buttons did, but the means of doing that was really awful. I > > >> either had to use the web interface to change the key bindings, or I > > >> had to use MySQL. Then I had to edit the lircrc text file to map > > >> remote control keypresses to keyboard keys. Ugh. > > > > > > Yep it could be a lot more user friendly, however it's a pain you only > > > have to go trhough once. > > > > True enough, "once" is relative. I've been fiddling with it for a > > couple of days, and I'm still not done. Aside from that, as you use > > Myth more often, you might decide you use certain features more than > > others, and might want to have a keybinding for them, or you might > > install a new module and want a hotkey for it. Of all the things I > > mentioned, I really think better remote control integration is the > > feature I'd say is most lacking. > > > > > Sound is useful, however doing UI beeps and the like gets fairly > > > compilcated if your audio hardware doesn't support multiple opens. > > > > Hmm, I don't know anything about the hardware limitations, but maybe it > > could be an optional feature. OTOH, the visual "checkmarks" when you > > choose something could probably be added. Anyhow, I don't think this > > is nearly as big a deal as the other things, especially because the UI > > is so much more responsive. > > > > >> Another minor thing I miss from my TiVo is the "screensaver". If you > > >> didn't hit a button for a while on the TiVo it would by default go > > >> back > > >> to monitoring Live TV after a while. > > > > > > Myth will allow your existing screensaver to kick in as needed, > > > provided you have one of course. > > > > Yeah, I know, but it would be cool there were some kind of integrated > > screensaver/dashboard type functionality, so if you left Myth alone, > > you'd still be in Myth, but you wouldn't have to worry about burn-in. > > The TiVo implementation of this is to always go to Live TV if you don't > > hit a key for about 15 minutes, but there are some flaws with this > > approach. Anyhow, it's a "wish list" type feature. Burn-in can be > > prevented with your system screensaver. > > > > >> Finally, the only other thing I can think of that I really miss from > > >> my > > >> TiVo is the red light that tells me it's recording. It's nice to have > > >> some easy reassurance that your favourite show is really being > > >> recorded. I know that Myth isn't quite as flexible because this is a > > >> hardware thing, but some quick confirmation it's recording would be > > >> really handy. > > > > > > Well, there's always the recordings screen and the system status > > > screen. However if you search the archives you can find info on how > > > to build hardware to add LEDs for recording status. > > > > That's cool. I didn't know that. I may go do that when I've got some > > of the other issues sorted out. > > > > Ben > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > mythtv-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
I use a TiVo remote for myth. I built my own serial port IR receiver for about $8, but this requires using the soldering iron and figuring out an electrical diagram. I hadn't built any electrical devices since 8th grade shop class and I was able to figure it out fairly easily and have the receiver running in about an hour. There are good instructions here: http://lnx.manoweb.com/lirc/?partType=section&partName=introduction Lirc does have an lirc.conf for TiVo remotes, building the receiver is definitely the hardest part. I believe you can also purchase pre-built receivers as well.
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