[mythtv-users] Lirc and VNC question

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Thu Oct 18 22:04:03 UTC 2007


On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 01:18:52PM -0700, Steve Peters - Priority Electronics wrote:
>    The problem is that since they're one and the same computer (the
>    one she's watching tv on, and the one i vnc into), she hits live tv
>    on the remote, and it makes both frontends go to live tv. How can i
>    set lirc to only control desktop 0?
>
>    Also, since i'm on the topic, how can i mute all desktops but
>    desktop 0? Since i can't go directly into editing mode, i have to
>    play the episode then hit "e" she will hear the first second or so
>    of each episode (kinda annoying).

I would say you want mythfrontend to have command line switches to a)
mute it's volume and b) ignore lirc.

I don't know if those switches exist, but that's the approach I'd take.

Oddly, my sister runs a second FE via VNC, and doesn't seem to have the
audio problem, I don't think.

Cheers,
-- jra
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