[mythtv-users] Setting up remote control from Hauppauge 1600

[Raymond Wagner]

Eric A. Boney wrote:
> On Friday 04 September 2009 11:46:43 Raymond Wagner wrote:
> > Eric A. Boney wrote:
> > > Do I still need to have lirc setup on the front-end machine? Do I need
> > > it setup on the backends also or will all the setup be done only on
> > > the front end machines?
> >
> > The tuner cards are used only by the backend machine. Your IR receiver
> > and LIRC are used only by the frontend machine. If your frontend is not
> > a fe/be combo machine, you cannot use the receiver on the 1600 for
> > obvious reasons.
> Ok, the machines are not backends at all, just frontends. So what you 
> are saying is that it isn't possible to put the ir receiver on the 
> frontend and program it to control just the front end? I am not 
> needing to interact with the tuner card at all, just the ability to 
> select shows/music/videos, stop/play etc in those items.

Why do you have a tuner card in a machine not running a backend?

You can run mythbackend and mythfrontend on the same machine.  However, 
you must have tuners in the backend, IR receivers in the frontend.  If 
you are not running a frontend on the machine with the 1600, you cannot 
use the IR receiver for anything useful.