[mythtv-users] Cheap Remote and blaster

[Brian Wood]

On Tuesday, October 26, 2010 04:32:23 pm mike at grounded.net wrote:
> > "some other things"? That's not terribly descriptive. Its also suggests
> > that "some things" *do* work. Please explain exactly what does and does
> >not work.
> 
> Don't have a list yet, just tried it quickly, haven't had time to get back
> to it. Volume didn't work, Recorded TV didn't work, Radio, Music,
> Pictures, Video didn't work. Figured there needs to be some additional
> configuration. At this point, I just picked the first Mceusb driver after
> trying the first few. 
> Guide works :).

I would not expect Radio, Music, Video or Pictures to work with a stock Myth system without some additional configuration. 
Those are functions of Windows MCE, which the remote is configured to access directly, given compatible hardware.

I tried one of those remotes and LIRC picked it up properly, and the major functions (pause, FF/ REW etc.) all seemed to 
work. Non-native Myth functions would require some modifications to LIRC's configuration, or keymapping. IOW it works as I 
expected it to work. This is why I posted here that those particular remotes did work with LIRC/Myth, but I didn't get to 
any customizations, it works as any MCE remote would be expected to work out of the box.

Volume will depend on how you have your sound set up, some people use external receivers, or the TV set, to control 
volume, and Myth can be set up to accommodate the many possibilities.