[mythtv-users] CEC using a nvidia card

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Gabe,

Wednesday, December 28, 2016, 6:32:50 PM, you wrote:





> On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 9:51 PM, Karl Newman <newmank1 at asme.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 27, 2016 at 5:15 PM, Gabe Rubin <gaberubin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Am I correct that if want to use CEC (e.g., to change the
> receiver's input to the one I have my mythbox plugged into), I would
> need to get an additonal product?  I currently have a geForce 430
> for my video/audio plugged into my receiver via HDMI.  I have CEC on
> for the tv and receiver for other uses.  

> When I turn on the TV and receiver and select the myth input (using
> a harmony remote), the receiver will switch over to the TV input
> after about ten seconds.  I understand it does this because it does
> not recognize the mythtvbox as CEC compliant so reverts to the TV,
> which is.  It is somewhat annoying and I would like to correct this one way or another.



>  
> If it's a Samsung TV, that's a known bug which they refuse to fix.
> It triggers the receiver to switch to the TV ARC input about 10
> seconds after initial power-up. I'm not sure that a CEC component on
> your MythTV box will fix that. I ended up disabling HDMI Control on
> the receiver. I don't think I lost any functionality (maybe ARC, but
> I used an optical cable to feed back to the receiver). The
> Chromecast connected directly to my receiver still accepts CEC
> commands (play/pause) from the TV remote. 


> Karl
>  


> It's a Vizio TV and a Onkyo remote.  I can't turn off CEC because I
> rely on ARC for the smart tv functions in my Vizio.  I will consider
> using an optical cable (and believe I had done so in the past) and
> maybe just plug all the devices into the TV and have the harmony
> change inputs on the TV instead of on the Onkyo.


> I will also follow Gary's advice and see if there is some setting
> in the Onkyo that needs to be changed.


> I don't think I will spend $50 for an adapter.  Pretty annoying
> Nvidia doesn't include that functionality.  I can't imagine it would
> cost more than pennies to add it per card.  


The Raspberry Pi has it incorporated!


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