[mythtv-users] IR reccommendations

Boyd II, Willy wboyd at fulbright.com
Thu Feb 19 17:15:31 EST 2004


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Campbell Vertesi [mailto:cvertesi at indiana.edu] 
>Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:57 PM
>To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>Subject: [mythtv-users] IR reccommendations
>
>
>So, now that the whole box is working so very nicely, I'm 
>ready to stick a remote on there.  Does anyone have any 
>reccommendations for particularly painless IR receivers?  I 
>have a digital cable box, so I'm pretty sure I'll need a 
>transmitter too.
>
>
>Also, how does that work with Myth's Tivo features?  Right now 
>I've been using my cable remote to change channels, so there 
>is a 3 second (or so) delay between hitting the channel button 
>and having the change register on Myth's TV interface.  I'm 
>sure this is because of myth's buffering. but what about when 
>the remote is actually going through myth?  What happens when 
>you press channel up while you're watching 20-30 seconds 
>behind "live" TV?  Do you have to wait (ffwd) the 20 seconds, 
>or does it just skip the rest of the buffer to get to the new channel?

It skips the rest of the buffer and brings you to the new channel.  The 3-4
second you're seeing when using your cable remote is about what you'll see
when doing the same on Myth.

>
>Thanks
>
>Cam
>
>



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