I have an Silverstone LC16M which came preinstalled with a USB Imon pad i think it's called and I too replaced my homebuild serial LIRC device. It actually works better, in the sense that it can actually power on/off my pc from standby which was a big plus for me. (The serial version would have been able to pull that off to in the end, as there was options for this sorta)
On 01/25/11 10:53, Laz wrote:
I've been following various threads over the past year or so exploring various options for having a server-client vdr setup and it got me thinking.
I'm currently using a home-brew LIRC receiver attached to a serial port which works perfectly. The ION-based boards look very nice as a vdr front end (using xinelibout or some yet-to-be-written plugin!) because they can do hardware HD decoding. However, I suspect a lot of these lack a serial port so my simple LIRC receiver would be no good.
What are others doing in this sort of situation? USB-based receiver (there are a couple described at lirc.org), or do most of the ION boards still have a serial header (must admit, not looked into this properly yet!)?
Several DVB devices do contain receivers but that pretty much defeats the object of having a server containing DVB devices and a client just for viewing.
It all looks nice in principle but any lack of a remote is a deal breaker!
Cheers,
Laz
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