[mythtv-users] A/V Receivers & MythTv

[Andrew Close]

On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 12:52 PM, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Andrew Close <aclose at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > with the recent release of MythTv .21 and in an effort to help our
>  >  flagging economy ;)  i'm in the process of upgrading my entire
>  >  'entertainment center'.  one of the big components i'll be upgrading
>  >  is my A/V Receiver.  at the moment, the Denon 3808CI is the front
>  >  runner.  i'm just curious to see what other Mythers use and why.  i
>  >  haven't found a receiver yet that will take input/commands via any
>  >  input aside from the remote.  the Denon has an RJ45 ethernet jack on
>  >  it, as do other receivers; has anyone been able to get their receiver
>  >  to change sound fields, presets, volume, etc. via RJ45?  it would be
>  >  quite cool to use LIRC/Myth to control the whole ball of wax.
>
>  I have a Denon 3806 and love it. The RJ45 port (on the Denon's at
>  least, and from what I understand any receiver ) is usually just for
>  firmware updates and some of the newer receivers allow for streaming
>  radio playback.
>
>  In general any good home theater component will have an RS-232 port
>  for system integration. Other than that  there really is no other
>  command input method other than the remote. You could use an IR
>  Blaster to control the Denon though. I don't think there are any
>  systems for allowing a linux PC to talk to RS-232 devices.

a couple others mentioned that i should check out AVSForums.com for
more info.  on one of the Denon 3808 threads there was talk about a
couple HTPC apps that someone was using/writing to control their
receiver.  i haven't dug into it much more since i'm still comparing
receivers.  but it looks as though it /can/ be done. :)

-- 
Andrew Close