[mythtv-users] Live TV and backend
Michael T. Dean
mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Sep 13 14:58:23 UTC 2005
PAUL WILLIAMSON wrote:
>>>>henry at fishcasa.com 09/13/05 9:29 AM >>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>If not, how does LIRC work to change channels when surfing?
>>Is it something like:
>>Remote>LIRC-frontend>Mythtv-frontend>Mythtv-backend>
>>LIRC-backend>cablebox#1
>>
>>
>The LIRC thing is a problem if you don't have an IR receiver
>on your frontend. That's what I've always found odd - the
>PVR card manufacturers assume that you'll have the PC
>with the PVR card in it and the PC you want to watch the
>recorded programs from in the same machine. I know it
>cuts down on costs, but it would be really nice if someone
>would produce a car that *only* has the IR header on it.
>
>
Yeah. It's almost like they're designing those things to work in some
operating system to which networking was added as an afterthought and
for which distributed PVR functionality doesn't exist... ;)
(OK, there's Media Center Extender/Media Center Extender for XBox, but
even with those, the Media Center PC is still meant to be a frontend as
well as a backend.)
Mike
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