On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:16:02 -0700, Michael T. Dean
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yeah, but then you've got that new credit card showing as "potential"
credit liability on your credit report for 3 years (assuming you never
use it). Still might be worth it depending on how many cards you have...
Hardly any.<s> I don't use 'em much.
I've got an ATI Remote Wonder. I like the RF, but am still working on
improving range/sensititivy (especially through walls).
Oh...you've got a remote that came with a card?
Volume can be controlled by Myth. You set up your TV with the
appropriate volume and then have Myth increase/decrease volume using
your sound card's mixer.
Oh. Duh.
Or, if you're using an external A/V receiver,
Myth should output line-level audio and you can control the A/V
receiver's volume with the IR blaster.
For audio I've got a SB Audigy Platinum with breakout box for this
machine. Which, now that I look at it has both an IR receiver and a
firewire port. Which, right now, just confuses me.<s> I figured just to
hook up the, uh, traditional A/V cables along with the S-video for
starters. (It would be cool at some point to be able to hook up my VCR to
the box, just long enough to rip some VHSes that are rotting in the
garage....)
Yep. That's what I do. Believe me, it was liberating to finally remove
the batteries from my 5 remote controls!
I'm salivating at the thought.
I now have one remote--the ATI RW--which sends signals to the computer.
The computer then sends signals to the components (using an "improved IR
transmitter" - http://lirc.org/improved_transmitter.html ). And I don't
have to worry about "modes" (i.e. accidentally hit the "TV" button on
the remote and now the "Play" button doesn't work). Basically, I have
one remote mode, but Myth/LIRC/etc. provide the smarts to ensure it
knows what to do for each keystroke depending on where I'm at (recording
playback, MythMusic, xine for MythDVD or MythVideo, etc.).
Very cool.
The only thing I can't control with the remote is the TV. I have my
Myth box in a different room (the ultimate in silent PC) with a hole
through the wall for video and speaker cables. Since I'm using an A/V
receiver for audio, I control volume through it. So, I simply hit the
power button on the TV before sitting down for some Myth. Thought about
trying to mod the transmitter circuit to allow for another IR LED on a
cable without over-driving the serial port, but I'd have the IR LED
drawing power and the cable's resistance, so I decided it was easier to
just hit the power button. (Can't even do a separate simple transmitter
because I only have one serial port.)
Is that a common problem?
===Blake===
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