[mythtv-users] MythTV Light installation

[Doug Larrick]

On Wed, 3 Oct 2018 19:17:29 -0400
James Abernathy <jfabernathy at gmail.com> wrote:

> > On Oct 3, 2018, at 7:01 PM, Jerry <mythtv at hambone.e4ward.com> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 5:30 PM James Abernathy
> > <jfabernathy at gmail.com <mailto:jfabernathy at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > 
> > 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. :-}
> > 
> > 
> > I have heard the WiFi is spotty but I haven't tested it yet -- I
> > have only had a wired connection with my Pi so far.  I think that
> > varies from user to user.
> > 
> > The Pi 3B+ has Bluetooth.  That could work pretty well if you can
> > figure out the keyboard mappings.  If it worked on the NUC, it
> > should work fine.  I just have a basic Harmony remote and I'm not
> > familiar with the Smart hub, but I like the basic software very
> > much.
> > 
> > If only that software ran in Linux.... I have to start a VM to run
> > it.
> > 
> > What Doug said about the FLIRC is very true.  They are so simple to
> > set up.  
> 
> The reason I use the Harmony Smart Hub remote is because I can get it
> to control all my devices in the family room: Cable, Satellite,
> Bluray, FireTV, Roki, computer, Mythtv, Kodi.  It works on my Ubuntu,
> and Mac computers, but I have not tested it on Windows, but I use the
> Logitech Media Center PC to setup the Smart Hub.
> 
> If that doesn’t work, I’ll look at the Flirc.

Harmony Hub bluetooth works awesome for me to my RPi3. Set it up as a
"WindowsPC" in Harmony and then you can use normal keyboard bindings for
the controls. I think I might have had to add a handful of new bindings
in MythTV itself but other than that a painless setup. And in operation
the Bluetooth is so much faster & more reliable than IR it's not even a
contest.

-Doug