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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16/05/2016 12:43, Mike Perkins
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote
cite="mid:21fe52c2-854a-4f22-b9f4-010343f6dfaa@randomtraveller.org.uk"
type="cite">I have a cheap HDMI switcher I bought from Maplins,
reason being the BT Vision box would complain when I plugged
something else into one of the TV's other HDMI inputs (!). I don't
get where BT can decide what I plug into my TV, or why they care,
but I digress.
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<br>
If you order the inputs correctly, then you should never need to
use the remote that comes with the switcher. The BT box is input 1
and the myth box is 2. I did have another host that I used for
Skype plugged into input 3. This means that it defaults to 1
except when I switch the myth box on and it goes back when I shut
the myth box down. Look, no hands</blockquote>
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Thanks, sounds clever, but I don't think that would work for me. My
box is a combined BE/FE so is powered on for long periods of time,
even when no one is watching its output.<br>
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I'd still rather find a software fix. A loop like "while [ true ] ;
do aplay -q silent.wav ; done" is something I could try. If it
works, I would make the wav file a few seconds long, and add a
"sleep 120" or similar in there, so that it's not using too much
CPU. What I don't know is whether this will nicely mix with Myth's
output.<br>
<br>
John<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
John Veness, MythTV user, UK, DVB-T</pre>
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