[mythtv-users] MythTV review from a long-time TiVo user

Brian Almeida bma at tynian.net
Tue Mar 1 00:04:29 UTC 2005


On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 06:22:36PM -0500, Ben Giddings wrote:
> Dan wolf 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 =)
> 
> I remember reading that lirc knows how to deal with the TiVo remote, 
> unfortunately I'm still using both boxes until I'm sure I can rely on 
> Myth, and until I get a few other issues sorted out -- I think it might 
> be bad if *both* PVRs were listening to the same signal.  :)
There's a toggle switch on the standalone TiVo remote that you can use to 
send slightly different codes.  It's there so you can control two tivos
with the same remote.

Or you could just get a Harmony remote. :)

Brian

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