If it helps, I wrote a tutorial for the RPi with the older MythTV 0.27 and an MCE remote control. Setting Up an Inexpensive Raspberry Pi 2 as a Cheap Frontend to MythTV with MythFrontend http://gedakc.users.sourceforge.net/display-doc.php?name=pvr-rpi-mythtv-frontend The LIRC portion might still be applicable to newer versions of MythTV. Curtis