On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuk...@genestate.com > wrote:
> Hi all, > > I've recently started to set up a mythtv box for my parents. I've found a > USB DVB-T receiver which works perfectly and I've got the system up and > running on some old hardware. > > Now I've been tasked with finding something small that can sit by their TV > and do it all. I've been looking at MiniITX machines with the nVidia ION > chipset that support 720/1080 HD playback and HDMI outputs. > > My questions are concerning the digital output and remote controls. I've > only ever used HDMI/digital output on windows and it confuses me then. Is > there some added complexity to getting the HDMI output working (including > audio) with a TV? Is there anything to look out for as far as compatibiliy > goes? > > And remote controls, the USB DVB-T unit comes with its own remote and > pretty much works out of the box even on linux. At least it works for the > basic up/down/left/right/enter, I really don't know enough to get any more > out of it. > > The MiniITX bundle I'm looking at comes with a remote designed for media > centres and looks to be a million times nicer than the one from the > receiver, but is there going to be a lot of trouble getting it working with > Lirc? I only know a teeny tiny bit about Lirc, I don't know what driver this > remote will use so I don't know if there's likely to be any compatibility > issue. > > As you can tell I'm not very hot on this stuff, so any > tips/help/suggestions would be much appreciated. I'd especially appreciate > if anyone could point to some known-good hardware for this purpose. > > Thanks > > Matt > > For the remote i suggest the ps3 bd controller. It uses bluetooth so, it's omnidirectional and works with mythtv: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Sony_PS3_BD_Remote Hamilton
