[mythtv-users] Success story

[Bryan Halter]

Yes I have this setup on mine.  I programmed it through the Settings ->
Key Bindings page in the MythWeb interface.

Bryan
On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 10:17, Steven Rubano wrote:
> First here is my system:
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> -         Asus Pundit case with p4 1.6GHz proc and 512meg of ram
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> -         Maxtor 160 Gig hard drive, 7200rpm 8mb cache
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> -         Knoppmyth R4 V2
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> -         PVR-350 using the supplied IR receiver
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> -         Home brew IR blaster
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> So far my system has been up and running for over a month and a half
> without a hitch! What I’ve come to relies (as I am sure most of you
> have figured out) is that if you leave MythTV in “Watch TV” mode, this
> will cause lockups or stuttering video after some time. Now most of us
> can’t help it, you just want to turn off the TV and walk away most
> times (just as what I was doing….hey I’m a new Dad with a 3 month old
> J ). What I did to over come this problem is I purchased a Sony
> Universal Learning remote with Macro programming. I labeled one button
> “Watch TV” and another button labeled “TV Off”. The macro for the
> “Watch TV” is set to turn on my TV, turn on my amp and set it to the
> right settings for TV viewing and to “click enter” to select the Watch
> TV on Myth (Watch TV is always highlighted). This way it goes right
> into watching TV. Now the button I have programmed for “TV Off” does
> the following, it “clicks Exit” for MythTV so that it drops back to
> the main menu, turns off my TV then turns off my amp, this way Live TV
> is not always being buffered into Myth. With this setup I have had
> close to a month and a half up time with no reboots!
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> I wonder, would it be possible to program Myth to have “shortcut”
> keys? Like if I press “L” it will bring me right into watching live TV
> or “W” that will bring me right into Weather and so on? This would be
> a great feature! You wouldn’t have to scroll through all the menus to
> get to what you want and you could program macros on these learning
> remotes to turn on the features you want in Myth instantly!
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> Well, I just wanted to share my success story with you guys and to
> thank ALL the developers of MythTV, Knoppmyth, LiRC, ivtv and every
> other single piece of software that is used to make Myth work. This
> thing has been awesome….no more missed shows or movies….when the baby
> cries, hit pause live TV and tend to him! J
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> Thanks again all!
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> Steve
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