[mythtv] seperating backend/frontend

[Ray]

On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 11:17:43PM -0800, Bruce Markey wrote:
> 
> This is fun ;-).
> 
> The IR reciever plugs into the tuner card(!). The tuner card
> is in the backend machine (by definition). The backend machine
> is in the closet. -> Therefore, the IR reciever IS in the
> closet... (think about it ;-)...
> 
> He wants the IR reciever near the frontend machine but that
> would take a very long extention cord. If the IR receiver
> could plug into the frontend machine, passing the data
> around the network would be trivial but that isn't the issue.

Unless there's something really special about his IR receiver I'd just grab
a serial based one and be done with it.  I got one of the PB remote/reciever
combos from Ebay (new) for something like $10 (after shipping).

-- 
Ray