[mythtv-users] MythTV Light installation

[James Abernathy]

> On Oct 3, 2018, at 2:27 PM, Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 10/03/2018 01:49 PM, Jay Harbeston (ISeePeople) wrote:
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>>> On Oct 3, 2018, at 10:45 AM, Jerry <mythtv at hambone.e4ward.com <mailto:mythtv at hambone.e4ward.com>> wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 10:29 AM Jerry <mythtv at hambone.e4ward.com <mailto:mythtv at hambone.e4ward.com>> wrote:
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>>> 3) Buy one of those mini keyboard remotes that can be used with Android.  You'd have a full keyboard.  Most of them work with a radio signal and you don't have to use line of sight like with an IR remote.  Some tilt (they have some kind of gyroscope) and they have really awkward mouse control.  Some of them have a touchpad, like a laptop, and you can move the pointer with that.  They're cheap, probably less than $25
>>> I bought this one: http://a.co/d/2lJGK6R <http://a.co/d/2lJGK6R> and it's not available but there are several others (This one is Amazon's Choice: http://a.co/d/4SHvnFH <http://a.co/d/4SHvnFH> and as you can see, it's less than $15).
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>>> If you go this route, I'd look around for the one you want as you're the one who is going to have to use it.  Some have touch pads and some don't.  You can find these remotes all over the internet.
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>>> It's just $15 bucks and you can use it in just about any USB device.  It emulates a keyboard.  You can program a few IR commands too like your TV Power.  Mine learns commands from another remote control but only for a few buttons.  It works pretty much out of the box; there is almost no configuration needed.
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>> I too have one of the remotes you link to above with the ‘gyro mouse’ I rarely use that function with mythtv as all the other buttons on the arrow/media control side function fine for most mythtv functionality.  I did do an xmodmap to map some of the media control side buttons to mythtv functions. Here is the contents of my xmodmap that I used:
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>> The ! At the beginning of the line is a comment for xmodmap
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>> ! keycode 426 = P   # this is magnify +
>> ! keycode 427 = P   # this is magnify -
>> ! keycode 171 = <   # this is the >>| button
>> ! keycode 173 = <   # this is the |<< button
>> ! keycode 216 = >   # this is the >> button
>> ! keycode 176 = <   # this is the << button
>> ! keycode 225 = R   # this is the search button
>> keycode 166 = Escape
>> keycode 135 = M
>> keycode 179 = S
>> keycode 158 = E
>> keycode 163 = I
>> keycode 172 = P
>> keycode 216 = greater
>> keycode 176 = less
>> keycode 225 = R
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>> Regards,
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> You can also use your TV remote if your TV supports CEC The raspberry pi has CEC support built in.
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> Make sure you go follow the recommendations in https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#System_Performance <https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi#System_Performance> for the best performance.
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> Peter
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I’ll check out the wiki when I get started.  As to remotes, I’m going to try the Harmony Smart hub remote I used on my NUC. it supports Bluetooth and I think the RP3+ does as well, at least the advertising shows the WIFI and bluetooth logos.

Remotes are always such a joy to work with. :-}

Jim A

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