[mythtv-users] RF remote recommendation

[Anthony Giggins]

On 23 November 2016 at 02:39, David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 09:11:20PM +1000, Anthony Giggins wrote:
> > On 22 November 2016 at 19:05, Phill Edwards <philledwards at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > > I have been using Philips MCE remote until now and generally it has
> > > > worked well. However, it needs line of sight to the receiver as it is
> > > > based on infrared. Is there any recommended RF remote which works
> well
> > > > with mythtv?
> > >
> > > Also not a direct answer, but you could use the MythMote app on Android
> > > which works over WiFi from your phone/tablet.
> > >
> > >
> > I can highly recommend the logitech Harmony Hub based remotes, they are
> > expensive but they can control almost anything and you can use a smart
> > phone if you cant find the physical remote :)
> >
> > they are Remote -> RF -> Hub -> IR
>
> For MythTV, you should pick up a cheap bluetooth dongle.  The signal
> chain then becomes  Remote -> RF -> Hub -> Bluetooth -> MythTV.
>
> David
>
>
Funny you say that, I have actually picked up one but I haven't had a
change to swap it out,
currently using the usb CEC Adapter from pulse-eight and libcec-daemon
https://github.com/bramp/libcec-daemon (haven't checked if the native CEC
support in mythtv 0.28 is working any better then 0.27)

Anthony
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