[mythtv-users] Looking for clarity on MythTV, to LIRC, or not to LIRC, ir-keytable, and key mappings

[Paul Bender]

On 4/7/2012 5:45 PM, Mark Lord wrote:
> On 12-04-07 06:35 PM, Paul Bender wrote:
>> On 4/7/2012 3:27 PM, Mark Lord wrote:
>>> On 12-04-06 07:46 PM, Christian Szpilfogel wrote:
>>> ..
>>>> If you don't need functions such as irexec or irxevent then you don't need to use LIRC anymore. I
>>>> use irexec myself so I can shutdown myth from my remote.
>>>
>>> That's trivial to do without LIRC, using a simple Desktop "shortcut" script
>>> assigned to whatever button is preferred.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>
>> Rather than running LIRC you run a Desktop to accomplish the same same thing. Have you compared the
>> difference in memory and CPU usage?
>
> I doubt that CPU/memory matter for one-in-a-few-hours events like "shutdown".  :)

This statement makes my point. Consuming the the extra memory and CPU to 
run a desktop just for one-in-a-few-hours events like "shutdown" does 
not make sense when lircd can do the same thing with a smaller memory 
and CPU footprint.