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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Hi. I use the Hauppauge MCE USB remote and think it's really good. Works with modern kernels or lirc. http://www.prisjakt.nu/produkt.php?e=425720 /Magnus H

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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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MCE usb remote is a good choice or you could build your own very easily using an FTDI component and an IR receiver. In either case it will cost you about $25 or less.

Btw, I actually use a couple ION boxes for VDR. I don't use a server/client setup however because from what I understand it just isn't mature enough. I would like full independent osd's on each client, epg is populated by server and shared with clients, and good handling of timers. And I don't want to have to run a bunch of plugins or extra junk to make it work. If I wanted a slapped together solution out of whatever was laying around, I'd just run mythtv but that's not what I'm looking for.

Come to think of it, I wonder how the new OSD system will factor into having multiple clients, or if that aspect is being considered at all. Probably not. But that's talk for another thread anyways I think.