[mythtv] update cec support to work with v2 of libcec
mythtv at phipps-hutton.freeserve.co.uk
mythtv at phipps-hutton.freeserve.co.uk
Mon Jun 10 20:15:08 UTC 2013
Quoting Karl Dietz <dekarl at spaetfruehstuecken.org>:
> mates, CEC is more then just "yet another input device" (see
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#CEC), there nice things like:
> System Standby, OSD Display, Device Menu Control, Routing Control,
> Device OSD Name Transfer or System Audio Control...
>
> Actually I find it more interesting to control TV / amp from MythTV then
> the other way round!
Agreed, there is a lot of potential, but I don't think doing it via
mythfrontend is going to be simple or happen any time soon. On the
other hand there is already a branch of libcec-demon that has a socket
that lets you send arbitrary CEC commands.
Cheers,
Tim.
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