[mythtv-users] Microsoft MCE Remote - Mute Button

[Robin Gilks]

>> On Thursday 02 November 2006 09:23, Michael MacLeod wrote:
>> > From my .lircrc:
>> >
>> > begin
>> >     prog = mythtv
>> >     button = Mute
>> >     config = F9
>> > end
>> >
>> > On 11/2/06, Trey Thompson <treythompson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > Is this programmable?
>>
>> In my case I had to change the definition to use "|" because F9 via the
>> keyboard or the remote wasn't being recognized.
>
> Sorry, I wasn't too clear.  :)  Yes, I can program through Myth, but I
> was wondering if it was programmable on the remote, like the TV Power
> and Volume buttons are.  I'd prefer to have it mute the TV instead of
> muting Myth.
>

Why not use an IR blaster in front of the TV and trap the Mute code from
the remote using irexec within the mythtv box, which then calls a shell
script that sends the correct code on the IR blaster to the TV to mute it.

Thats what I do for my home theatre system and the TV (just to turn them
on/off).

-- 
Robin Gilks