[mythtv-users] MythTV on AppleTV

[jedi]

On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 01:24:30PM -0400, Scott D. Davilla wrote:
> >On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 12:05:51PM -0400, Scott D. Davilla wrote:
> >>  >On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 09:23:26AM -0500, Nick F wrote:
> >>  >>  On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 9:19 AM, Sarah Katherine Hayes <
> >>  >>  sarah at sarahhayes.is-a-geek.net> wrote:
> >>  >>
> >>  >>  > On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 09:08 -0500, jedi wrote:
> >>  >>  > > On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 07:05:45PM -0700, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> >>  >>  > > > On Jun 8, 2008, at 6:06 PM, robbinsck1 at gmail.com wrote:
> >>  >>  > > >
> >>  >>  > > > > So are the apple tv front end a good choice for a no 
> >>noise simple to
> >>  >>  > > > > use mythbuntu 8.04 frontend? And can you use a windows 
> >>mce remote?
> >>  >>  > > >
> >>  >>  > > > Assuming you are connecting to a component or HDMI (or DVI with
> >>  >>  > > > adaptor) display, yes. The only remote the hardware will 
> >>recognize is
> >>  >>  > > > the Apple remote. It has very few buttons on its own, 
> >>but you can get
> >>  >>  > >
> >>  >>  > > ...what about USB remotes?
> >>  >>  > >
> >>  >>  >
> >>  >>  > That was something I was wondering as well.  My MCE remote 
> >>has it's own
> >>  >>  > USB dongle I'd have thought it'd work fine with the appropriate lirc
> >>  >>  > stuff installed.
> >>  >>  >
> >>  >>
> >>  >>  I use the MCE remote with my Apple TV.  Works great, but ruins 
> >>the loverly
> >>  >>  lines of the ATV with the ugly black USB receiver hanging off!  The more
> >>  >>  elegant solution is to use a learning remote (say Harmony) to 
> >>learn a bunch
> >>  >
> >>  >How much are these? Are they as much as the AppleTV is?
> >>
> >>  $25 or less. Includes the IR transmitter/receiver, IR remote and 
> >>two IR bugs.
> >
> >A LEARNING remote? For only $25?
> >
> >...I suspect not.
> >
> 
> Who said the MS mce IR remote was a learning remote? It does have an 
> IR receiver AND IR transmitter.

...the person that answered me implied that.

The trailing portion of what I responded to was refering to "the
more elegant solution...".

> 
> If you want a learning remote, then google for the URC-8910, it's a 
> learning remote with the JP1 interface -- about $30.

An inelegant solution I have already...