[mythtv-users] Myth and multiseat

[Yan Seiner]

On Tue, October 14, 2008 8:45 am, Mitch Gore wrote:

> That looks very cool but a TON of work....plus how did you handle lirc?
> Buying a $300 PC may be the better option...or if we could find a thin
> client that could work with myth :(  much like the Sage one.

It is a ton of work.... But I had 7 computers in the house; keeping all of
them updated, running, and maintained was a HUGE amount of work.

Now I'm down to 3; one with 2 heads, one with 4 heads, and a 'regular' PC.

Also, since the 2 myth heads are connected to the server, they're on 24/7;
no booting.  No noise either.  No power consumption to speak of.

And don't forget the coolness factor.  It's definitely not something that
is common.  :-)

I haven't tackled LIRC yet; so far I'm running all heads with IR
keyboards.  I have some ideas based on kbdd and multiple lirc daemons,
each patched for a single port.  (kbdd lets an LIRC keyboard emulate a
regular keyboard.)

--Yan

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