[mythtv-users] resolving remote conflicts: what are the options?

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Phill,

Friday, January 29, 2016, 3:32:10 AM, you wrote:

>>
>>
>> What I resolved on doing was running everything through the Kodi installed
>> on the STB/MSB, interfacing with it via a Kodi phone/tablet app (in
>> conjunction, of course, with the appropriate Kodi PVR add-on). I just set
>> that up today and need to do further testing, but it looks like this
>> solution should work well for me.
>>
>> Still, I've been wondering: are there other alternatives? It seemed like
>> this would be a good place to ask that sort of question.
>>

> Just like Kodi has a remote phone/tablet app, so too does MythTV (for
> Android, I don't know about iOS)..

> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tkj.android.homecontrol.mythmote&hl=en
> - I use this and it works well.
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mythTvRemote.Light&hl=en - I
> haven't tried this one.

There is another 'simple' solution... use another remote. Most
receivers on Linux can work with any remote as long as it understand
the type of encoding (RC5, RC6, MCE, etc.). It only means you have to
configure Lirc again for the new remote.

I use all kind of old remotes from tv's, stereos etc.

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