[mythtv-users] Slightly OT using IR Blaster in Sammie phones as remote control.

[Matt Emmott]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
> wrote:

> On 16/01/15 16:26, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Another Sillyname
>> <anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> @EricS
>>>
>>> Because I also want to get it working with other devices which aren't
>>> Network connected.....the objective is to try to see if I can
>>> find/create a proper 'universal' remote rather then a family of
>>> remotes which seem to be breeding faster the roaches.
>>>
>>
>> If money is no object, look at the home automation providers
>> that include entire solutions (from smartphone apps, to
>> touchpad controllers for wall permanent mounting, to the actual
>> IR and bluetooth emitters/transmitters).  Far more than just
>> TV.  Control4, rti, and crestron come to mind (there are others).
>>
>> While the opinion is not universal, there is a claim by some
>> that *having* to pull out your phone (or tablet), or recover it
>> from the charger, and then point it at a IR receiver was not
>> entirely friendly for constant interaction (although it could
>> clearly work for some).
>>
>>  The real problem with using a phone as a remote is: unless you live on
> your own, everybody in the house has to have the same app loaded, and want
> to watch the same things you do.
>
> --
>

As we veer more and more off topic, and I know it's kind of a
four-letter-word around here, I wish the Torc app for iOS had become more
widely used. That was a fantastic remote control application.
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